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Looking at the referenced study, 13 of 24 patients receiving the anaesthetic injection (lidocaine) evinced significant pain relief compared to 4 of 24 patients receiving a placebo (saline), so I'm confused that the text reports this as benefitting "two-thirds of patients". (I was prompted to check the source after noticing that the text disagreed with the equivalent page at wikipedia.nl, [1], which says instead that one-third of patients were pain-free after the treatment.)
The two-thirds figure and associated reference were added as part of the first version of the page [2], which also appears to be the only contribution ever made by that user. Could someone competent to interpret the results of a placebo-controlled trial please check whether "two-thirds" should be changed to "one-third" or something else? Hv ( talk) 21:34, 22 February 2024 (UTC) Hv ( talk) 21:34, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
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The section Treatment starts:
Looking at the referenced study, 13 of 24 patients receiving the anaesthetic injection (lidocaine) evinced significant pain relief compared to 4 of 24 patients receiving a placebo (saline), so I'm confused that the text reports this as benefitting "two-thirds of patients". (I was prompted to check the source after noticing that the text disagreed with the equivalent page at wikipedia.nl, [1], which says instead that one-third of patients were pain-free after the treatment.)
The two-thirds figure and associated reference were added as part of the first version of the page [2], which also appears to be the only contribution ever made by that user. Could someone competent to interpret the results of a placebo-controlled trial please check whether "two-thirds" should be changed to "one-third" or something else? Hv ( talk) 21:34, 22 February 2024 (UTC) Hv ( talk) 21:34, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
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