Comparison 1. Surgery vs physiotherapy in cervical radiculopathy.

Outcome or subgroup title	No. of studies	No. of participants	Statistical method	Effect size
1 Radicular pain (current‐VAS) at presentation	1	54	Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)	‐3.0 [‐15.39, 9.39]
2 Radicular pain (current‐VAS) at 3 months following treatment	1	54	Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)	‐12.00 [‐27.84, ‐0.16]
3 Radicular pain (current‐VAS) at 1 year following treatment	1	54	Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)	‐9.0 [‐23.39, 5.39]
4 Radicular pain (worst‐VAS) at presentation	1	54	Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)	2.0 [‐8.62, 12.62]
5 Radicular pain (worst‐VAS) at 3 months following treatment	1	54	Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)	‐8.0 [‐25.51, 9.51]
6 Radicular pain (worst‐VAS) at 1 year following treatment	1	54	Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)	‐11.0 [‐32.08, 10.08]
7 Limb paraesthesia 4 months following treatment	1	54	Peto Odds Ratio (Peto, Fixed, 95% CI)	0.75 [0.26, 2.15]
8 Paraesthesia at 16 months following treatment	1	53	Peto Odds Ratio (Peto, Fixed, 95% CI)	1.45 [0.48, 4.37]
9 Sensory loss at 4 months following treatment	1	54	Peto Odds Ratio (Peto, Fixed, 95% CI)	0.28 [0.09, 0.92]
10 Sensory loss at 16 months following treatment	1	53	Peto Odds Ratio (Peto, Fixed, 95% CI)	0.49 [0.13, 1.81]