1. Warts: Does the duct tape theory stick?
- Author
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de Haen, M., Spigt, M. G., van Uden, C. J., van Neer, P., Feron, F. J., and Knottnerus, A.
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WARTS treatment , *PAPILLOMA , *SKIN infections , *DUCT tape , *PLACEBOS , *CLINICAL medicine , *CLINICAL pharmacology , *PROBABILITY theory , *CASE studies , *THERAPEUTICS - Abstract
The article discusses the effectiveness of duct tape for warts in children. A total of 103 children between 4-12 years old were randomized to duct tape or placebo corn pads. It is found that the wart disappeared in 16% of the treatment group and 6% of the placebo group. Thus, the difference had a 12% probability of being chance, but the power to detect the difference was under 30 percent. Moreover, if it was not chance, one would need to treat 10 children with duct tape for 6 weeks to remove one wart.
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- 2007