
Dr Skeptic
@doctordoubter
Academic / clinician. Tweets cover medicalization, and the overestimation of benefit and underestimation of harm from medicine. Blog covers it even better.
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http://doctorskeptic.blogspot.com.au 26-11-2010 03:44:23
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Effectiveness of Strong vs Mild Opioid for Subacute Pain After Fractures Managed Surgically ja.ma/30C6qyJ via JAMA Network Open part of JAMA Network



Plating vs Closed Reduction for Fractures in the Distal Radius in Older Patients ja.ma/3OLhTAi via JAMA Surgery part of JAMA Network


Placebo effect of surgery has been over-rated: mainly non-specific effects. Use of Placebo and Nonoperative Control Groups in Surgical Trials ja.ma/3zBRY8x via JAMA Network Open part of JAMA Network





Evidence doesn’t support spinal cord stimulators for chronic back pain – and they could cause harm theconversation.com/evidence-doesn… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

Surgery won’t fix my chronic back pain, so what will? theconversation.com/surgery-wont-f… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

boneandjoint.org.uk/article/10.130… via The Bone & Joint Journal Laying out the evidence around VTE prevention in hip and knee replacement, and the need to believe experiment over observation.