From today's Medscape OB?GYN:

<Surgical innovation: caution warranted. Another issue urogynecologists
have to contend with more and more is the influence of industrial and
commercial interests in surgical innovation. Traditionally, surgical
innovation was the responsibility of experienced surgeons. Increasingly,
new surgical tools and procedures are being developed by entrepreneurs.
Two examples are the minimally invasive sling procedures that have
proliferated in recent years and the introduction of new xenogenic grafts
for reconstructive surgery. In some cases, these new procedures and
materials are introduced and aggressively marketed with very little solid
evidence of their benefit to our patients. The busy clinician must
struggle to separate true, valuable innovations from profit-driven ones.
Hopefully, increased research will help to establish the relative risks
and benefits of these innovative products.>

It occurred to me that much of this is also applicable to the tools of
the trade in lactation, and infant feeding in general!

Jean
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K. Jean Cotterman RNC, IBCLC
Dayton, Ohio USA

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