In message <[log in to unmask]>, Oliver Samuel <[log in to unmask]
uk.net> writes
>This is the age of evidence-based medicine so, before hurting either
>your patients or friends with anything so traumatic, what about
>looking for some evidence of effectiveness of liquid nitrogen? When
>I last looked, there wasn't any, so if that is still the case,
>perhaps rubbing in some wart cream might be equally effective and
>rather kinder.
I hadn't realised that. One of my partners does a liquid N2 clinic for
warts etc, which is much appreciated by patients. It's always worth
remembering that lack of evidence for effectiveness is not the same as
evidence for lack of effectiveness. On the other hand, perhaps I should
persuade her to set up a randomised controlled trial....
Toby
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2811060 (home), 0191-2869178 (surgery)
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