Shared Decision Making and Patient Preferences After Limb-Threatening Injuries

Mark E Fleming^{1

2}, Mitchel B Harris^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Harvard Medical School Orthopedic Trauma Initiative, Boston, MA.
² Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.

Comment

Mark E Fleming et al. Ann Surg. 2023.

. 2023 Jan 1;277(1):28-29.

doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000005579. Epub 2022 Jul 15.

Mark E Fleming^{1

2}, Mitchel B Harris^{1

2}

¹ Harvard Medical School Orthopedic Trauma Initiative, Boston, MA.
² Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest.

What Outcomes Are Most Important to Patients Following a Lower Extremity Limb-threatening Injury?
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