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Petrie (2006) defines an experimental study as one: “in which the investigator intervenes in some way to affect the outcome. Such studies are longitudinal and prospective; the investigator applies the intervention and observes the outcome some time later”.

Rolfe Birch M. Chir, FRCP&S (Glas), FRCS (Edin), FRCS (Eng) by election Professor in Neurological Orthopaedic Surgery, University College, London

Visiting Professor, Department of Academic Neurology, Imperial College, London

Honorary Orthopaedic Consultant, Hospital for Sick Children Great Ormond Street, London

The National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Queen Square, London

Raigmore Hospital, Inverness

Honorary Orthopaedic Surgeon to the Royal Navy

Consultant in Charge, War Nerve Injuries Clinic at the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre, Headley Court, Leatherhead, Surrey

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Birch, R. (2010). Operating on Peripheral Nerves. In: Surgical Disorders of the Peripheral Nerves. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-108-8_7

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