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I analysed different nonoperative management practices and all of them showed worse outcomes than surgery.

The sentence I am writing:

None of the nonoperative management practices disconfirms the superiority of surgery.

Is "disconfirm" the correct word to use or there are better options?

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  • Why not "Analysis of the nonoperative management practices confirms the superiority of surgery." which avoids the double negative? – KillingTime Mar 05 '21 at 10:09

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I personally would re-phrase the sentence, as your focus is on the result which you are trying to express namely

I analysed different nonoperative management practices and all of them showed worse outcomes than surgery.

Then I would suggest

Nonoperative management practices are unable to disprove the superiority of surgery.

However looking at this I would suspect that the answer cannot be true. Unless you relate the answer and the objective of the originator. (which I can only guess at).

Example

Nonoperative management practices are unable to disprove the superiority of surgery in this case

Nonoperative management practices are unable to disprove the superiority of surgery with regard to the management of blunt force trauma to the spleen

disprove verb [ T ] UK /dɪˈspruːv/ US /dɪˈspruːv/

to prove that something is not true:

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