Laminectomy plus radiotherapy vs radiotherapy: Reduced use of analgesics
It is very uncertain whether laminectomy plus radiotherapy changes reduction in analgesic use compared with radiotherapy (very low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Laminectomy plus radiotherapy vs radiotherapy Reduction in analgesic use · adults with metastatic extradural spinal cord compression (single lesion, no prior radiotherapy, fit for surgery) It is very uncertain whether laminectomy plus radiotherapy changes reduction in analgesic use compared with radiotherapy (very low certainty). Interventions for the treatment of metastatic extradural spinal cord compression in adults (2015) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.88 [0.42, 1.81] | 1 study · 26 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interventions for the treatment of metastatic extradural spinal cord compression in adults 2015 · 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.