Introduction of new non-pharmacological technology is challenging and the methodology for evaluationg such technologies is much less standardized than when dealing with new pharmacological substances. It is, however, as important to use randomized design with blinded assessment and combine that with prospective population based registries to be able to analyze generalizability.
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