Analysis of Spin in RCTs of Spine Surgery Using ORG-LOC Grading Tool.

Background: Even in highly credible research models, such as randomised control trials (RCTs), many pitfalls do exist that a practitioner must be aware of, to get the actual sense of the research. The one such pitfall that is much more common but ironically less explored is the Writers' bias or the spin. Particularly in the abstracts, it is a potential source of deception to the readers.