Sources of information influencing decision-making in orthopaedic surgery - an international online survey of 1147 orthopaedic surgeons

BackgroundManufacturers of implants and materials in the field of orthopaedics use significant amounts of funding to produce informational material to influence the decision-making process of orthopaedic surgeons with regards to choice between novel implants and techniques. It remains unclear how far orthopaedic surgeons are really influenced by the materials supplied by companies or whether other, evidence-based publications have a higher …