Interpreting surgical trials with subjective outcomes: avoiding UnSPORTsmanlike conduct

Editorial

David R Flum. JAMA. 2006.

. 2006 Nov 22;296(20):2483-5.

doi: 10.1001/jama.296.20.2483.

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Comment in

Sham surgery in clinical trials.
Angelos P. Angelos P. JAMA. 2007 Apr 11;297(14):1545-6; author reply 1546. doi: 10.1001/jama.297.14.1545-c. JAMA. 2007. PMID: 17426268 No abstract available.

Surgical vs nonoperative treatment for lumbar disk herniation: the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT): a randomized trial.
Weinstein JN, Tosteson TD, Lurie JD, Tosteson AN, Hanscom B, Skinner JS, Abdu WA, Hilibrand AS, Boden SD, Deyo RA. Weinstein JN, et al. JAMA. 2006 Nov 22;296(20):2441-50. doi: 10.1001/jama.296.20.2441. JAMA. 2006. PMID: 17119140 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.
Surgical vs nonoperative treatment for lumbar disk herniation: the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT) observational cohort.
Weinstein JN, Lurie JD, Tosteson TD, Skinner JS, Hanscom B, Tosteson AN, Herkowitz H, Fischgrund J, Cammisa FP, Albert T, Deyo RA. Weinstein JN, et al. JAMA. 2006 Nov 22;296(20):2451-9. doi: 10.1001/jama.296.20.2451. JAMA. 2006. PMID: 17119141 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.