Are new tools for correcting prolapse and incontinence better just because they’re new?
OBG Management. 2009 February;21(02):e3-e8
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What is the solution to this problem?
Businesses succeed only when their products are purchased. If clinicians refused to be participants whenever the device industry introduces unproven treatments into the market, industry would be compelled to test their products beforehand. Patients would benefit—by being able to make truly informed choices, with adequate information about risk and benefit. Clinicians would benefit—by being able to provide the most effective treatment without sacrificing their integrity in the process. Ultimately, industry would benefit, by profiting appropriately from products that truly help our patients. Is that an impossible wish?