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. 2019 Oct 1;154(10):971-973.
doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2019.2309.

Assessment of Surgical Specialty Societies' Choosing Wisely Recommendations

Alexis G Antunez  1   2 , Dana A Telem  2   3 , Lesly A Dossett  2   3
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Assessment of Surgical Specialty Societies' Choosing Wisely Recommendations

Alexis G Antunez et al. JAMA Surg. .

Abstract

This research study assesses Choosing Wisely deimplementation recommendations from surgical specialty societies to ascertain how many are directly applicable to surgical procedures or under surgeons’ control.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Telem reports a grant from Medtronic, outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.

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Figure.. Surgical Deimplementation Recommendations, Classified by Extent of Surgeon Control
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