From: Feasibility of individual patient data meta-analyses in orthopaedic surgery
Anatomic area | Pathology | Intervention | Comparator | Primary outcomes |
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Shoulder | Rotator cuff tears | Arthroscopic double-row repair | Arthroscopic single-row repair | Function |
Midshaft clavicular fractures | Surgical treatment | Non-operative treatment | Function | |
Proximal humeral fractures in older patients | Surgical treatment | Non-operative treatment | Function | |
Osteoarthritis | Total shoulder arthroplasty | Shoulder hemiarthroplasty | Function | |
Arm | Humeral shaft fracture | Intramedullary nail | Internal fixation with plate | Function |
Elbow | Supracondylar fractures in children | Lateral pin fixation | Crossed pin fixation | Function, iatrogenic ulnar nerve injury |
Wrist | Distal radial fractures | Anterior ORIF | External fixation | Function, radiographic consolidation |
Distal radial fractures | Anterior ORIF | Posterior ORIF | Function, radiographic consolidation | |
Hip | Osteoarthritis | Minimally invasive approach | Standard approach | Function, revision rate |
Osteoarthritis | No wound drainage after THA | Wound drainage after THA | Function, wound infection, wound haematoma | |
Osteoarthritis | Navigated THA | Conventional arthroplasty | Function, revision rate, dislocation | |
Intracapsular fractures | Uncemented hemiarthroplasty | Cemented hemiarthroplasty | Mortality, function, pain at 1 year, revision rate | |
Osteoarthritis | Uncemented THA | Cemented THA | Function, revision rate | |
Hip and knee | Osteoarthritis | Antibiotic impregnated cement | Non-antibiotic-impregnated cement | Postoperative infection rate |
Knee | Osteoarthritis | TKA, minimally invasive approach | Standard approach for TKA | Function |
Osteoarthritis | Mobile-bearing TKA | Fixed-bearing TKA | Function, reoperation rate | |
Osteoarthritis | TKA without tourniquet | TKA under tourniquet | Function, total blood loss | |
Osteoarthritis | Drainage clamping after TKA | TKA conventional drainage | Hb loss, transfusion, function | |
Osteoarthritis | No patellar resurfacing in TKA | Patellar resurfacing in TKA | Function, reoperation rate, anterior knee pain | |
Osteoarthritis | PCL-retaining TKA | Posterior-stabilized TKA | Function, reoperation rate | |
Osteoarthritis | TKA electrocautery of patella | No electrocautery of patella | Function, reoperation rate, anterior knee pain | |
Osteoarthritis | Gender-specific TKA | Unisex TKA | Function, reoperation rate, pain, | |
Osteoarthritis | Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty | Tibial osteotomy | Function, reoperation rate | |
ACL tears | Double-bundle ACL reconstruction | Single-bundle ACL reconstruction | Function, reoperation rate | |
ACL tears | Early ACL reconstruction | Delayed ACL reconstruction | Function, reoperation rate | |
ACL tears | Allograft ACL reconstruction | Autograft ACL reconstruction | Function, reoperation rate | |
Arthroscopic procedures | Arthroscopic procedures without tourniquet | Arthroscopic procedures using tourniquet | Function | |
Leg | Distal tibial shaft fractures | Intramedullary nailing | Internal fixation with plate | Function, nonunion and malunion rate |
Tibial shaft fractures | Reamed intramedullary nailing | Unreamed intramedullary nailing | Function, nonunion and malunion rate | |
Ankle | Acute Achilles tendon rupture | Early weight bearing | Delayed weight bearing | Function, rerupture rate |
Ankle fractures | Surgical treatment, biodegradable implants | Surgical treatment, conventional implants | Function, nonunion and malunion rate | |
Foot | Calcaneal fractures | Surgical treatment | Non-operative treatment | Function, chronic pain |
Spine | Cervical disc disease | Cervical disc arthroplasty | Cervical interbody fusion | Function, pain |
Osteoporotic vertebral fractures | Percutaneous vertebroplasty | Conservative treatment | Function, pain, quality of life | |
Osteoporotic vertebral fractures | Bilateral pedicular kyphoplasty | Unilateral pedicular kyphoplasty | Function, pain, quality of life | |
Lumbar disc disease | Lumbar disc arthroplasty | Lumbar interbody fusion | Function, pain | |
Thoracolumbar burst fractures | Fracture fixation associated to fusion | Fracture fixation alone | Function, pain, quality of life | |
Thoracolumbar burst fractures | Surgical treatment | Conservative treatment | Function, pain, quality of life |