Factors Associated with a Recommendation for Operative Treatment for Fracture of the Distal Radius
Conclusions The observation that—other than age—personal factors have limited influence on surgeon recommendations for surgery may reflect how surgeon cognitive biases, personal preferences, different perspectives, and incentives may contribute to variations in care. Future research can determine whether decision aids—those that use patient-specific probabilities based on predictive analytics in particular—might help match patient treatment choices to what matters most to them, in part by helping to neutralize the influence of common misconceptions as well as surgeon bias and incentives.
Level of Evidence There is no level of evidence for the study. [...] Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 333 Seventh Avenue, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10001, USAArticle in Thieme eJournals: Table of contents | Abstract | Full text
Source: Journal of Wrist Surgery - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Langerhuizen, David W.G. Janssen, Stein J. Kortlever, Joost T.P. Ring, David Kerkhoffs, Gino M.M.J. Jaarsma, Ruurd L. Doornberg, Job N. Tags: Scientific Article Source Type: research