May 24, 2016
To operate or not to operate: a serious question with no clear answers
What goes into a surgeon’s decision to operate — or to recommend an alternative treatment option? Two UCLA-led studies published online May 18 by the peer-reviewed Annals of Surgery sought to answer that question. The upshot is: It might depend as much on how surgeons perceive the world as it does on the patient’s […]
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