Authors' response

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA.
² Department of Surgery, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
³ Department of Surgery, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont, USA.
⁴ Department of Vascular Surgery, Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine, USA.

Editorial

Jack L Cronenwett et al. BMJ Surg Interv Health Technol. 2020.

. 2020 Oct 30;2(1):e000067.

doi: 10.1136/bmjsit-2020-000067. eCollection 2020.

¹ Department of Surgery, Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA.
² Department of Surgery, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
³ Department of Surgery, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont, USA.
⁴ Department of Vascular Surgery, Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: device evaluation; health care costs; real world evidence; vascular devices.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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