Challenges of conducting a randomised placebo-controlled trial of spinal surgery: the SUcceSS trial of lumbar spine decompression

Challenges of conducting a randomised placebo-controlled trial of spinal surgery: the SUcceSS trial of lumbar spine decompression

Abstract Although placebo-controlled trials are considered the gold standard for evaluating the efficacy of healthcare interventions, they can be perceived to be controversial and challenging to conduct for surgical treatments. The SUcceSS trial is the first placebo-controlled trial of lumbar decomp...

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Main Authors: Emma Kwan-Yee Ho, Ralph Jasper Mobbs, James Montague van Gelder, Ian Andrew Harris, Gavin Davis, Ralph Stanford, David John Beard, Christopher Gerard Maher, Joanna Prior, Michael Knox, David Barrett Anderson, Rachelle Buchbinder, Manuela Loureiro Ferreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-12-01
Series:Trials
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-023-07772-5

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-023-07772-5

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