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01-07-2014 | Editorial

Editorial: When “Safe and Effective” Becomes Dangerous

Author: Seth S. Leopold, MD

Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® | Issue 7/2014

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Commercials might claim a product is “safe and effective,” but most research studies should not. Small, focused studies may deem one treatment more effective than another, but the problem arises when authors of such studies claim safety based on the observation that few (or no) patients were hurt by some intervention. Such claims may be misleading. …

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Title: Editorial: When “Safe and Effective” Becomes Dangerous
Author: Seth S. Leopold, MD
Publication date: 01-07-2014
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® / Issue 7/2014
Print ISSN: 0009-921X
Electronic ISSN: 1528-1132
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-014-3675-x

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