Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

7 questions · 7 findings · 6 reviews · Musculoskeletal

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No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 1 · 14.3%Very low 2 · 28.6%Low 1 · 14.3%Moderate 3 · 42.9%High 0 · 0%

Surgery vs non‐surgical treatment

Serious adverse events · people with full‐thickness rotator cuff tears

1 finding from 1 review

Surgery for rotator cuff tears 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
Very low

Subacromial decompression vs Placebo (sham/placebo device)

Serious adverse events · people with impingement syndrome without full‐thickness rotator cuff tears

1 finding from 1 review

Subacromial decompression surgery for rotator cuff disease 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
2 studies · 331 participants
Moderate

Knee replacement with tourniquet vs knee replacement without tourniquet

Serious adverse events

Knee replacement with tourniquet probably leads to higher serious adverse events compared with knee replacement without tourniquet (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Tourniquet use for knee replacement surgery 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.73 [1.1, 2.73]
21 studies · 1799 participants
Moderate

Subacromial decompression vs exercise

Serious adverse events · people with impingement syndrome without full‐thickness rotator cuff tears

1 finding from 1 review

Subacromial decompression surgery for rotator cuff disease 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
Moderate

Total Shoulder Arthroplasty vs hemiarthroplasty

Serious Adverse Events4 · patients with Shoulder osteoarthritis

1 finding from 1 review

Surgery for shoulder osteoarthritis 2010 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
0 studies · 5 participants
GRADE not reported

Intervention not reported

Serious adverse eventsLast · people with degenerative knee disease (osteoarthritis including degenerative meniscal tears)

The intervention showed no clear difference in serious adverse eventsLast (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Arthroscopic surgery for degenerative knee disease (osteoarthritis including degenerative meniscal tears) 2022 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.35 [0.64, 2.83]
8 studies · 1206 participants
Low

Intervention not reported

Adverse events (serious ‐ resulting in hospitalisation or death) · adults aged ≥ 18 years with a diagnosis of glenohumeral osteoarthritis who have not responded to non‐operative treatments

1 finding from 1 review

Shoulder replacement surgery for osteoarthritis and rotator cuff tear arthropathy 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 42 participants
Very low