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Surgical Procedures with Questionable Indications Used in Russia
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: Received: 12 January 2024 / Approved: 12 January 2024 / Online: 12 January 2024 (10:43:27 CET)
How to cite: Jargin, S. Surgical Procedures with Questionable Indications Used in Russia. Preprints 2024, 2024010961. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.0961.v1 Jargin, S. Surgical Procedures with Questionable Indications Used in Russia. Preprints 2024, 2024010961. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.0961.v1
Abstract
This review summarizes available data on invasive procedures applied with questionable indications in Russia in the recent past: mastectomy with the removal of muscles, gastrectomy for peptic ulcers, spleno-renal anastomosis for diabetes mellitus, thoracic surgery for bronchial asthma, overuse of surgery in tuberculosis, excessive and compulsory treatments of alcohol-dependent patients, etc. Among factors contributing to the use of invasive procedures with unproven efficiency have been the partial isolation from international scientific community, insufficient consideration of the principles of professional autonomy, informed consent and scientific polemics, training of medical personnel. It is known that invasive procedures can exert a placebo effect, which might have contributed to reported efficiency of some methods discussed here. However, by definition, placebo must be free of risks.
Keywords
Peptic ulcers; gastrectomy; diabetes; portosystemic shunting; asthma; lung denervation; medical ethics
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Surgery
Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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