SURGERY, THE ULTIMATE PLACEBO

Book ID/图书代码： 13600015B80230

English Summary/英文概要： A surgeon suggests that many commonly performed operations are not necessary and that any benefits they offer are a placebo.

For many complaints and conditions, the benefits from surgery are lower, and the risks higher, than you or your surgeon think. In this book you will see how commonly performed operations can be found to be useless or even harmful when properly evaluated. That these claims come from an experienced, practising orthopaedic surgeon who performs many of these operations himself, makes the unsettling argument particularly compelling.

Of course no surgeon is recommending invasive surgery in bad faith, but Ian Harris argues that the evidence for the success for many common operations, including knee arthroscopies, back fusion or cardiac stenting, become current accepted practice without full examination of the evidence. The placebo effect may be real, but is it worth the recovery time, expense and discomfort?

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 一位外科手术医生表明其实大多数的手术都不是必须的，它们唯一的好处就是安慰患者。

因为各种并发症的可能性，手术的好处已经越来越少，而风险却越来越高，甚至超出了你和你的外科医生的想象。在本书中你会了解到有许多常规手术其实是很无用的，甚至是有害的。而这些言论都是来自一位经验丰富的外科手术医生，他亲自操刀过许多这类手术，从而也使这些令人不安的言论更具说服力。当然不会有外科医生恶意蒙骗患者做外科侵入性手术，但是兰•哈里斯指出许多成功的常规手术，包括膝盖关节镜、背部融合和心脏搭桥并没有通过完全的检验。手术起到的安慰效果确实是真实的，但为之付出的恢复时间、费用和不适感真的值得吗？（XAT）

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About the Author/作者介绍： 兰•哈里斯是利物浦私人圣乔治医院和悉尼萨瑟兰医院的矫形外科医师。他拥有新南威尔士大学、南西悉尼利物浦医院临床学院的学士学位，并拥有悉尼大学外科的博士学位。他是骨科创伤协会、澳大利亚骨科协会、澳大拉西亚的骨科创伤协会、澳大利亚医学协会和亚太骨科协会的成员之一。他是关节成形术结果登记处的主席以及髋部骨折登记处的副主席。他已经在许多领先的杂志上刊登了超过100篇论文。

IAN HARRIS is an orthopaedic surgeon who works at Liverpool, St George, St George Private and Sutherland Hospitals in Sydney. His academic affiliation is with UNSW, South Western Sydney Clinical School at Liverpool Hospital, in Sydney. He has a PhD from the University of Sydney on surgical outcomes. He is a member of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association, Australian Orthopaedic Association, Australasian Orthopaedic Trauma Society, Australian Medical Association and the Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association. He is Chair, ACORN (Arthroplasty Clinical Outcomes Registry) and co-chair, ANZHFR (ANZ Hip Fracture Registry). He has published more than 100 peerreviewed articles in leading journals.

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