“…A few observational, pre- and post-interventional studies and surveys were also published in IJA in August 2023. The pre-and post-intervention study analysed the phantom-based needling training for regional anaesthesia training,[ 17 ] another observational study evaluated postoperative cognitive dysfunctions in the elderly after spinal anaesthesia,[ 18 ] and a survey assessed thromboprophylaxis in neurocritical care patients. [ 19 ] Like the authors of RCTs, the authors of these studies were also keen to share their data.…”