Comparison 2. Surgery vs cervical collar 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)	‐2.0 [‐14.20, 10.20]
2 Radicular pain (current‐VAS) at 3 months following treatment	1	54	Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)	‐21.0 [‐33.32, ‐8.68]
3 Radicular pain (current‐VAS) at 1 year following treatment	1	54	Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)	‐5.0 [‐18.84, 8.84]
4 Radicular pain (worst‐VAS) at presentation	1	54	Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)	4.0 [‐6.16, 14.16]
5 Radicular pain (worst‐VAS) at 3 months following treatment	1	54	Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)	‐21.0 [‐36.89, ‐5.11]
6 Radicular pain (worst‐VAS) at 1 year following treatment	1	54	Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)	‐10.0 [‐30.79, 10.79]
7 Paraesthesia at 4 months following treatment	1	54	Peto Odds Ratio (Peto, Fixed, 95% CI)	0.55 [0.19, 1.61]
8 Paraesthesia at 16 months following treatment	1	52	Peto Odds Ratio (Peto, Fixed, 95% CI)	1.38 [0.45, 4.16]
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	52	Peto Odds Ratio (Peto, Fixed, 95% CI)	0.51 [0.14, 1.90]