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Editorial
. 2020 Mar 7;395(10226):756.
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30524-9.

Gaining control: placebos in surgery trials

The Lancet
Editorial

Gaining control: placebos in surgery trials

The Lancet. Lancet. .
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  • Considerations and methods for placebo controls in surgical trials (ASPIRE guidelines).
    Beard DJ, Campbell MK, Blazeby JM, Carr AJ, Weijer C, Cuthbertson BH, Buchbinder R, Pinkney T, Bishop FL, Pugh J, Cousins S, Harris IA, Lohmander LS, Blencowe N, Gillies K, Probst P, Brennan C, Cook A, Farrar-Hockley D, Savulescu J, Huxtable R, Rangan A, Tracey I, Brocklehurst P, Ferreira ML, Nicholl J, Reeves BC, Hamdy F, Rowley SC, Cook JA. Beard DJ, et al. Lancet. 2020 Mar 7;395(10226):828-838. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)33137-X. Lancet. 2020. PMID: 32145797 Review.

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