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01-09-2013 | Editorial

Scott’s parabola and the rise of the medical–industrial complex

Authors: Jesse Jupiter, Dennis Burke

Published in: HAND | Issue 3/2013

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In 2001, a British gynecologist J.W. Scott, M.D. published in the British Medical Journal a brief paper entitled “Scott’s parabola: the rise and fall of a surgical technique” [20]. While sharing only a distant resemblance to the abstract mathematical definition of a parabola, the graphic representation does serve well to provide us with all too familiar surgical experiences within our profession. A procedure or therapy which shows great promise at the outset becoming the standard treatment after reports of encouraging results, only to fall into disuse as a result of negative outcome reports. …

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Title: Scott’s parabola and the rise of the medical–industrial complex
Authors: Jesse Jupiter
Dennis Burke
Publication date: 01-09-2013
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: HAND / Issue 3/2013
Print ISSN: 1558-9447
Electronic ISSN: 1558-9455
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11552-013-9526-5

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