Surgical Intervention Trials Unit
Placebo controlled randomised surgical trial for subacromial shoulder pain
The role of arthroscopic subacromial decompression in the treatment of subacromial shoulder pain (impingement).
Read moreBristol and Oxford Surgical Trials Intervention Course (BOSTiC) 2020
The Oxford and Bristol Surgical Trials Units will be holding a 3 day surgical research training event on surgical trials for foundation, core and specialist trainees of all surgical specialities.
Read moreWELCOME TO THE SURGICAL INTERVENTION TRIALS UNIT (SITU)
SITU is one of seven Royal College of Surgeons of England specialist trials centres dedicated to evaluating surgical intervention, mainly by generating randomised control trial evidence. We are a multidisciplinary team who provide, guidance, training and support for the development of new surgical trials and future trialists. We draw upon the considerable methodological and practical trials expertise in Oxford including statistical, ethical, health economic, systematic review, clinical network resources and the IDEAL collaboration.
Currently, less than 2% of government funding for medical research goes into surgery
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Latest news
Is surgical repair the best treatment for injuries to the nerves in fingers?
20 November 2019
A new trial, funded by a £1.2 million National Institute of Health Research grant, will explore whether surgery is the best treatment for digital nerve injury.
NDORMS Work Experience 2019 - in their own words
21 August 2019
Find out more about what our work experience students thought about their experience at NDORMS by watching the video below.
Increased use of partial knee replacement could save the NHS £30 million per year
17 July 2019
New research from a randomised clinical trial published today in The Lancet and funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) shows that partial knee replacements (PKR) are as good as total knee replacements (TKR), whilst being more cost effective.
Selected publications
Instrumental variable methods for a binary outcome were used to informatively address noncompliance in a randomized trial in surgery.
Cook JA. et al, (2018), J clin epidemiol, 96, 126 - 132
Strategies to improve recruitment to randomised trials.
Treweek S. et al, (2018), Cochrane database syst rev, 2
Injection versus Decompression for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome-Pilot trial (INDICATE-P)-protocol for a randomised feasibility study.
Mason W. et al, (2017), Pilot feasibility stud, 3
