Sentence examples for a sham operation from inspiring English sources

In the sham-operated rats, a sham operation was performed.

Transgenic mice that underwent a 50% pancreatectomy had no difference in gut SeAP content compared with mice subjected to a sham operation (26672±3207 light units/μg protein in sham-operated animals vs 28674±3055 in pancreatectomized animals).

The rest underwent a sham operation, in which nothing was removed.

Control animals received a sham operation.

A sham operation was performed in six animals (sham group).

Pups undergoing a sham operation served as controls (n=12).

A second group got a sham operation, a slender puncture wound without the filament.

Animals that had a sham operation (n = 3) were euthanized at 14 days after MCAO.

In Sprague-Dawley rats, either the bile duct (BDL) or common pancreaticobiliary duct (PBDL) was ligated or a sham operation was applied.

Cutting out the mild, smooth names is largely a sham operation that trims the problem of safer-seeming cigarettes, but does not touch the core deception arising from milder, smoother tastes unlinked to any saving of lives.

An additional 10 rats underwent a sham operation (SH) without actual coronary ligation.