When should placebo surgery as a control in clinical trials be carried out?

Placebo surgery – often maligned as ‘sham surgery’ – is a tough sell to patients and to many clinicians. But could surgical research benefit from increased use of placebo control groups?

书目详细资料
Main Authors: George, A, Collett, C, Carr, A, Holm, S, Bale, C, Burton, S, Campbell, M, Coles, A, Gottlieb, G, Muir, K, Parroy, S, Price, J, Rice, A, Sinden, J, Stephenson, C, Wartolowska, K, Whittall, H
格式: Journal article
出版: Royal College of Surgeons of England 2016