Subacromial decompression vs Placebo (sham/placebo device): Global assessment of treatment success
Subacromial decompression showed no clear difference in global assessment of treatment success compared with placebo surgery (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Subacromial decompression vs placebo surgery Global assessment of treatment success · people with impingement syndrome without full‐thickness rotator cuff tears Subacromial decompression showed no clear difference in global assessment of treatment success compared with placebo surgery (moderate certainty). Subacromial decompression surgery for rotator cuff disease (2019) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.08 [0.93, 1.27] | 2 studies · 290 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subacromial decompression surgery for rotator cuff disease 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.