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sham surgery: a standalone construct

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shamsurgery1 CONSTRUCTSham surgeryMACKLIN · RESEARCH ETHICS

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Research ethics

a simulated surgical procedure used as a control in trials, raising questions of risk to participants without expected benefit.

In research ethics, sham surgery refers to a simulated surgical procedure used as a control in trials, raising questions of risk to participants without expected benefit. This meaning comes from Macklin (1999) in New England Journal of Medicine.[1]

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  1. Macklin, R. (1999). The Ethical Problems with Sham Surgery in Clinical Research. New England Journal of Medicine, 341(13), 992-996. https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199909233411312

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