| Procedure: |
Number of procedures performed |
Number of articles retrieved from CENTRAL/CDSR/DARE |
Number of RCTs included after title/abstract screening |
Number of RCTs included after full text screening |
Number of RCTs supporting surgical procedure |
Number of RCTs not supporting surgical procedure |
Number of low risk of bias RCTs supporting surgical procedure |
Number of RCTs with sample size ≥ 72 supporting surgical procedure |
| 1 |
Knee arthroscopy |
1349 |
861 |
12 |
10 |
1 |
9 |
1 |
1 |
| 2 |
Knee arthroplasty |
1023 |
1798 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 3 |
Hip arthroplasty |
917 |
771 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 4 |
Removal/debridement/wound cleaning |
775 |
1967 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 5 |
Internal fixation of proximal or shaft fracture of the femur |
766 |
862 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
| 6 |
Internal fixation of distal radius fracture |
765 |
683 |
14 |
11 |
2 |
9 |
0 |
1 |
| 7 |
Removal of implants |
697 |
859 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 8 |
Ankle fracture fixation |
435 |
1028 |
9 |
7 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
| 9 |
Acromioplasty repair of rotator cuff |
237 |
171 |
8 |
5 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
| 10 |
Shoulder arthroscopy |
202 |
224 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 11 |
Open reduction of fracture of shaft of tibia with internal fixation |
170 |
337 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
| 12 |
Osteotomy |
169 |
560 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 13 |
Open reduction of joint dislocation (shoulder, acromioclavicular & patella respectively) |
157 |
120, 14, 22 |
9, 3, 6 |
6, 3, 4 |
5, 0, 1 |
1, 3, 3 |
2, 0, 0 |
1, 0, 0 |
| 14 |
Knee, repair of cruciate ligament |
157 |
662 |
6 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
| 15 |
Tibia, plateau of, medial or lateral fracture, open |
100 |
341 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 16 |
Repair of achilles tendon rupture |
89 |
281 |
13 |
9 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
2 |
| 17 |
Humerus, distal, treatment of fracture by open reduction |
87 |
191 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 18 |
Olecranon, treatment of fracture by open reduction (intern fix) |
82 |
433 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 19 |
Arthroscopy of ankle |
77 |
48 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 20 |
Joint arthrodesis |
76 |
742 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 21 |
Abscess drainage |
69 |
988 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| 22 |
Clavicle, treatment of fracture, open reduction |
61 |
89 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
| 23 |
Patella, treatment fracture, by internal fixation open reduction |
53 |
142 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 24 |
Humerus, proximal, treatment of fracture, open reduction |
53 |
191 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| 25 |
Amputation |
48 |
678 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 26 |
Foot (not talus or calcaneus) fracture fixation |
47 |
285 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 27 |
Acetabulum, treatment of fracture by open reduction |
42 |
443 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 28 |
Excision of ganglion |
40 |
198 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 29 |
Wedge resection of ingrown toenail |
39 |
301 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 30 |
Release of carpal tunnel |
37 |
397 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
| 31 |
Shoulder Arthroplasty |
37 |
99 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 32 |
Fasciotomy |
30 |
87 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Total |
8886 |
16873 |
110 |
83 |
19 |
64 |
3 |
15 |
