Lack of publicly available scientific evidence on the safety and effectiveness of implanted medical devices

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1781-1787

  Zuckerman, Diana ^a   Brown, Paul ^a   Das, Aditi ^a  

^a National Center for Health Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DENTAL SURGERY; DEVICE APPROVAL; DEVICE SAFETY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GENERAL SURGERY; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; IMPLANT; NEUROVASCULAR EMBOLIZATION DEVICE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SURGICAL MESH; TOOTH IMPLANT; VASCULAR EQUIPMENT; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE;

PRODUCT SURVEILLANCE, POSTMARKETING;

EID: 84925282784     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: 21686114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.4193     Document Type: Article

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