Letter to the Editor: Regional variation in low-value musculoskeletal surgery: a nationwide study from the Finnish Care Register

Christopher W Digiovanni; C Niek van Dijk; Mark Glazebrook; Helka Koivu; Mikko Hautamäki; Anssi Härkönen; Masato Takao; Manfred Thomas; Marko Mykkänen; James W Stone; Alastair Younger

doi:10.2340/17453674.2024.42631

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Christopher W Digiovanni Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Massachusetts General and Newton-Wellesley Hospitals, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
C Niek van Dijk University of Amsterdam, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Amsterdam UMC location AMC, the Netherlands
Mark Glazebrook Dalhousie University, Reconstructive Foot & Ankle Surgery and Orthopedic Sports Medicine, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Center Halifax Infirmary, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Helka Koivu Hospital Pihlajalinna Turku Kupittaa, University of Turku, Turku, Finland https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4292-643X
Mikko Hautamäki Hospital Pihlajalinna Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Anssi Härkönen Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
Masato Takao Jujo Hospital, Mangoku, Kisarazu, Chiba, Japan
Manfred Thomas Hospital, Augsburg, Germany
Marko Mykkänen Hospital Pihlajalinna Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
James W Stone Orthopedic Institute of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Wisconsin, USA
Alastair Younger Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Canada

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