Unnecessary surgery refers to operative procedures performed without adequate clinical indication or expected net benefit for the patient, relative to less invasive or non-operative alternatives. The concept overlaps with medical overuse, low-value care, and defensive medicine, and is studied through evidence syntheses, practice-variation research, and evaluations of appropriateness criteria.
Unnecessary surgery refers to operative procedures performed without adequate clinical indication or expected net benefit for the patient, relative to less invasive or non-operative alternatives. The concept overlaps with medical overuse, low-value care, and defensive medicine, and is studied through evidence syntheses, practice-variation research, and evaluations of appropriateness criteria.
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