When surgery is just a stitch-up

With evidence mounting that many minor operations owe their success to the placebo effect, is it time to call a halt to some routine procedures?What’s the difference between a homeopath and a surgeon? It’s a question that sounds like a joke, and it won’t have many surgeons laughing. Homeopathy is the scientifically implausible idea that diluted substances can somehow treat disease: it has never been shown to work and any effect is, at very best, a placebo effect. It’s a w