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Medical societies call for BMJ to retract ‘misleading and irresponsible’ guideline

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The BMJ’s clinical practice guideline for chronic spine pain Thirty-four medical professional societies have called for The BMJ to retract a recently published guideline recommending against the use of interventional procedures, such as steroid or anaesthetic injections, to treat chronic back pain.  The journal published the guideline in February as part of its Rapid Recommendations program alongside a meta-analysis and systematic review of publ…

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Retraction Watch broke the news in on Friday, April 18, 2025.
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