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. 2015 Dec 11;10(12):e0144682. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144682

Table 2. Flow of RCT screening, inclusion and surgical procedure support for each search executed on CENTRAL/CDSR/DARE on 32 unique procedures.

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 0
6 Internal fixation of distal radius fracture 765 683 14 11 2 9 0 0
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 0
12 Osteotomy 169 560 2 2 1 1 0 1
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 0
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 0
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 9