Sham surgical procedures for pain intervention result in significant improvements in pain: systematic-review and meta-analysis: Clinical heterogeneity and risk of bias on the placebo effect associated with sham surgeries.
Evidence-Based Medicine Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, 199 Donggang West Road, Lanzhou 730000, China; Key Laboratory of Evidence Based Medicine and Knowledge Translation of Gansu Province, 199 Donggang West Road, Lanzhou 730000, China.
Xiuxia
X
Li
Evidence-Based Medicine Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, 199 Donggang West Road, Lanzhou 730000, China; Key Laboratory of Evidence Based Medicine and Knowledge Translation of Gansu Province, 199 Donggang West Road, Lanzhou 730000, China.
Yaolong
Y
Chen
Evidence-Based Medicine Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, 199 Donggang West Road, Lanzhou 730000, China; Key Laboratory of Evidence Based Medicine and Knowledge Translation of Gansu Province, 199 Donggang West Road, Lanzhou 730000, China. Electronic address: kehuyangebm2006@126.com.
Kehu
K
Yang
D015982:Bias; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain; D010147:Pain Measurement; D015990:Placebo Effect