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We also don't do double blind tests for surgeries. We must have an accepted process for determining if a particular type of surgery is effective for various con
by fredophile 7y ago
We also don't do double blind tests for surgeries. We must have an accepted process for determining if a particular type of surgery is effective for various conditions. Applying the same standard here would make sense.
- samatman 7y agoAlthough maybe we should. I would love to find this study again, so far, no luck: someone decided to test an 'active placebo' for ACL surgery, of making four incisions in the usual places, but not actually scraping away at the ligament. It was comparably effective as the actual surgery. This left me thinking that stimulating the immune system by causing trauma might be an underutilized medical technique.