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

Affiliations

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

ORCiD

Hospital Pihlajalinna Turku Kupittaa, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

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