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Summary of findings: unilateral laminotomy vs conventional laminectomy: VAS back (0 to 10) Unilateral laminotomy compared with conventional laminectomy

It is very uncertain whether summary of findings: unilateral laminotomy changes VAS back (0 to 10) Unilateral laminotomy compared with conventional… compared with conventional laminectomy (very low certainty).

What each review found

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Summary of findings: unilateral laminotomy vs conventional laminectomy
VAS back (0 to 10) Unilateral laminotomy compared with conventional laminectomy · patients with lumbar stenosis
It is very uncertain whether summary of findings: unilateral laminotomy changes VAS back (0 to 10) Unilateral laminotomy compared with conventional… compared with conventional laminectomy (very low certainty).
Effectiveness of posterior decompression techniques compared with conventional laminectomy for lumbar stenosis (2015) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted0 studies · 0 participantsVery low

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The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Effectiveness of posterior decompression techniques compared with conventional laminectomy for lumbar stenosis
2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
Not reportedlist not extracted yetNot 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.