Common elective orthopaedic procedures and their clinical effectiveness: umbrella review of level 1 evidence.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the clinical effectiveness of common elective orthopaedic procedures compared with no treatment, placebo, or non-operative care and assess the impact on clinical guidelines.

Design

Umbrella review of meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials or other study designs in the absence of meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials.

Data sources

Ten of the most common elective orthopaedic procedures-arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, arthroscopic meniscal repair of the knee, arthroscopic partial meniscectomy of the knee, arthroscopic rotator cuff repair, arthroscopic subacromial decompression, carpal tunnel decompression, lumbar spine decompression, lumbar spine fusion, total hip replacement, and total knee replacement-were s

SUBMITTER: Blom AW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8262448 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature