Polgar Stephen, Ng Joanna
School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University, Kingsbury Drive, Bundoora, Victoria 3086.
Aust N Z J Public Health. 2007 Jun;31(3):270-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-842x.2007.00060.x.
Sham surgery was introduced as a means for improving the methodological quality of surgical research and evaluation. The development of cellular-based surgical therapies for the treatment of Parkinson's disease provides an opportunity to carefully analyse the alleged methodological benefits of sham surgery. However, detailed analysis of the evidence does not support these hypothesised advantages. In this paper, we argue that sham surgery is a public health concern as vulnerable individuals are exposed to unnecessary and costly surgical procedures that have no benefits for ensuring rigorous health research.
假手术作为一种提高外科研究和评估方法质量的手段而被引入。用于治疗帕金森病的基于细胞的外科治疗方法的发展为仔细分析假手术所谓的方法学益处提供了契机。然而，对证据的详细分析并不支持这些假设的优势。在本文中，我们认为假手术是一个公共卫生问题，因为易受伤害的个体要接受不必要且昂贵的外科手术，而这些手术对确保严谨的健康研究并无益处。
