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Thinking about placebo surgery . . .<br />
Placebo surgery means that the skin, tissues, and even bones are cut<br />
like in real surgery but the main task of the surgery is not done. In<br />
many cases people get better nonetheless, just as if they had had<br />
real surgery.<br />
You can read about placebo surgery in these articles, or find more<br />
articles <strong>yourself</strong>:<br />
Sham surgery (Wikipedia)<br />
Placebo Surgery? (2008)<br />
Placebo Surgery Shows Surprising Results (2004)<br />
Placebo Surgery Trial Studied For Parkinson (2004)<br />
Knee Surgery Proves No Better Than Placebo (2002)<br />
Doctors drill into patients’ heads in placebo surgery (1999)<br />
Why does placebo surgery help?<br />
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