Disc arthroplasty vs fusion: Percentage of patients improved on function Oswestry score
Disc arthroplasty may leads to higher percentage of patients improved on function Oswestry score compared with fusion (low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Disc arthroplasty vs fusion Percentage of patients improved on function Oswestry score · patients with chronic low‐back pain Disc arthroplasty may leads to higher percentage of patients improved on function Oswestry score compared with fusion (low certainty). Total disc replacement for chronic back pain in the presence of disc degeneration (2012) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | OR 1.45 [1.06, 1.98] | 5 studies · 1244 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total disc replacement for chronic back pain in the presence of disc degeneration 2012 · 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.