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Hip arthroplasty
Authors’ reply to National Joint Registry
BMJ 2012; 345 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.e7246 (Published 31 October 2012) Cite this as: BMJ 2012;345:e7246
- D J W McMinn, consultant orthopaedic surgeon1,
- J Daniel, director of research1,
- R B C Treacy, consultant orthopaedic surgeon2,
- R D Riley, reader in biostatistics3
- 1McMinn Centre, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 3DP, UK
- 2Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Northfield, Birmingham
- 3School of Health and Population Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham
- r.d.riley{at}bham.ac.uk
The National Joint Registry (NJR) was aware that the data supplied would be used by clinical teams associated with Smith & Nephew (including first author McMinn).1 2 The data were originally requested because the NJR’s editorial chairman invited McMinn “to criticise registry data . . . to support the value of resurfacing” at the British and Irish Orthopaedic Congress 2011. McMinn therefore asked Smith …
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