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Trial profile
*One site recruited one patient but had undertaken surgery before randomisation (the patient was allocated to initial conservative treatment); another site recruited three patients, and two of these had surgery before randomisation (one allocated to early surgery and one to initial conservative treatment); because of the severe breach of protocol all four patients were excluded.
