A Literature Synthesis Indicates Very Low Quality, but Consistent Evidence of Improvements in Function after Surgical Interventions for Primary Osteoarthritis of the Elbow

Table 4

Summary table for outcomes of arthroscopic joint debridement-1.

Study and year	Design	Level of evidence	𝑛	Followup (months)	Pain Δ	ROM Δ	Function Δ
Degreef et al., 2010 [25]	Retrospective review	IV	19 (20 elbows)	24	VAS (before 5.8 to after 1.8)	29	(i) MEPI (before 54 to after 88; good to excellent results in 16 elbows)
Adams and Steinmann, 2008 [26]	Retrospective review	IV	41 (42 elbows)	44	0–5 Likert scale. (2.86 before to 1.43 after)	27.3	(i) MEPI (before 67.5 to after 84.4; good to excellent results in 81% of elbows)
Krishnan et al., 2007 [27]	Case series	IV	11	26	VAS (before 9.2 to after 1.7)	73	MEPI (before 58 to after 89; good to excellent results in 11 elbows)
Kelly et al., 2007 [28]	Case series	IV	24 (25 elbows)	67	VAS (before 7 to after 2)	21	Andrews and Carson scoring (subjective scoring—before 45 to after 82; objective scoring—before 69 to after 93)
Kim and Shin., 2000 [29]	Case series	IV	30	42.5	27 patients reported good pain relief. Measure not reported	36	—