Elite Pharmaceuticals Inc (ELTP)

[WeeZuhl]

This is actually a great point, Chasing.

or maybe, just maybe, there aren't enough people having the procedures done that involve this study or maybe, just maybe, there aren't enough willing participants

Read the following description from WebMD of what a bunionectomy may entail, and imagine the recruiter for clinical study trying to obtain informed consent. It would go something like this: after the surgeon has sawed off the bony protruberance he will realign all the ligaments so that he can make additional cuts in the bone in order to shift the bones into a different position. He'll then fuse the bones with pins, cadaver bone, or an artificial joint implant. After that, you'll be randomly assigned to 1 of 3 groups which will determine whether we'll either give you enough oxycodone to kill a small zoo animal or no pain medicine at all. Please sign here.


http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/bunion-surgery

Types of bunion surgery

Removal of part of the metatarsal head (the part of the foot that is bulging out). This procedure is called exostectomy or bunionectomy.
Realignment of the soft tissues (ligaments) around the big toe joint
Making small cuts in the bones (osteotomy) and moving the bones into a more normal position
Removal of bone from the end of the first metatarsal bone, which joins with the base of the big toe (metatarsophalangeal joint). At the metatarsophalangeal joint, both the big toe and metatarsal bones are reshaped (resection arthroplasty).
Fusion (arthrodesis) of the big toe joint
Fusion of the joint where the metatarsal bone joins the mid-foot (Lapidus procedure)
Implant insertion of all or part of an artificial joint