Table 2.
Labrum repair compared with physiotherapy for prevention of recurrent dislocations after a first-time traumatic shoulder dislocation | ||||||
Patient or population: a first-time traumatic shoulder dislocation in general population Setting: surgical versus non-surgical treatment Intervention: labrum repair Comparison: physiotherapy | ||||||
Outcome Number of participants (studies) |
Relative effect (95% CI) |
Anticipated absolute effects (95% CI) | Certainty | What happens | ||
Non-surgical | Labrum repair | Difference | ||||
Redislocation rate after surgical treatment of primary shoulder dislocation Follow-up: mean 2 years Number of participants: 243 (four RCTs) |
RR 0.15
(0.03 to 0.8) |
52.9% |
7.9%
(1.5 to 42.3) |
45% fewer
(51.4 fewer to 10.6 fewer) |
⨁⨁⨁◯ Moderate* |
Labrum repair may be beneficial in reducing the rate of redislocations. |
*Rated down for serious risk of bias (lack of blinding) and serious imprecision. Rated up for large magnitude of an effect.
RCT, randomised controlled trial; RR, relative risk.
Explanations for the Cochrane Summary of Findings table (http://www.cochranelibrary.com/about/explanations-for-cochrane-summary-of-findings-sof-tables.html)