Table 1: Total Knee Arthroplasty November 2005 Reasons for Exclusion

Study
Reason for exclusion
ALBERT 1991 COMPARES KNEE WITH HIP
ALEXANDER 2002 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS
ALLEN 1986 COMPARES TKR TO FEM-POP BYPASS
ANDERSON 1991 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS
ASHBURN 1992 NO PAIN SCORES
ASHBURN 1993 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS
BACHMANN 1997 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS
BANNWARTH 1993 NOT RCT (NO RANDOMISATION)
BASSO 1987 NOT RCT
BEARDSWORTH 1989 NOT RCT (NO RANDOMISATION)
BEATTIE 1997 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS, ANALGESIC DATA REPORTED IN ETCHES 1995
BIANCONI 2003 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS
BOGOCH 2002 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS
BOURNE 1995 NO SEPARATE PAIN SCORE
BRUNSCHWILER 1998 NO PAIN SCORES
BREIT 2004 PAIN SCORE DATA NOT ANALYSED
CAPDEVILA 1999 COMBINED TKR AND ARTHROLYSIS
CHELLY 2001 NOT RCT (NO RANDOMISATION)
COLWELL 1992 NO PAIN SCORES
COOK 2003 NOT RCT (NO RANDOMISATION)
COOPER 1993 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS
DAHLSTEDT 1990 LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION. NO PAIN SCORES
DALTROY 1998 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS
DALURY 1999 NOT RCT (NO RANDOMISATION)
DE ANDRES 1999 NO PAIN SCORES
DE BEER 2005 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS
DIAZ-BORJON 2004 NO PAIN SCORES
DODD 1990 NOT RCT (NO RANDOMISATION)
DRAKEFORD 1991 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS
ELEDJAM 2002 MAJOR OPEN KNEE SURGERY
ETCHES 1995 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS
FAURE 1993 NO PAIN SCORES, NOT RCT
FELLER 1996 NO PAIN SCORES
FERNANDEZ-GALINSKI 2005 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS
FLORY 2001 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS
FORST 1999 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS
FRAGEN 1995 NO PAIN SCORES
GANAPATHY 1997 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS
GAO 1995 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS
GEHRIG 2005 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS
GILDONE 2005 NO VAS PAIN SCORES
GIUFFRE 1991 NOT RCT (NO RANDOMISATION)
GOODCHILD 2001 KNEE RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
GREENGRASS 1998 NO PAIN SCORES
HASHIMOTO 2003 NOT RCT (NO RANDOMISATION)
HAUG 1988 NOT RCT, NO PAIN SCORES
HEAVNER 2003 NON-EMERGENCY SURGERY (COMBINED DATA)
HECHT 1983 NO PAIN SCORES
HERRICK 1996 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS
HOLMSTRÖM 1993 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS
HOMMERIL 1994 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS
ILAHI 1994 NOT RCT
ISAAC 2005 NOT RANDOMISED PROPERLY
JACOBSON 1988 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS
JACOBSON 1990 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS
JARIT 2003 COMBINED KNEE SURGERIES
JARSKI 2000 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS
JOCHUM 2004 NOT RCT (NO RANDOMISATION)
KAJINO 1997 NO PAIN SCORES
KEATING 1999 NO PAIN SCORES
KERRICK 1993 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS
KILICKAN 2000 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS
KIM 2001 NOT RCT
KOPACZ 1999 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS
KOSTAMOVAARA 1996 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS
KRAMER 2003 NO PAIN SCORE COMPARISON BETWEEN GROUPS
LASKIN 2000 PAIN SCORES NOT ANALYSED FROM RANDOMISED GROUPS – MATCH PAIRED
LAU 1998 NOT RCT (NO RANDOMISATION)
LEVAI 1983 NOT RCT (NO RANDOMISATION)
LICCIARDONE 2004 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS
LOMBARDI 2004 NOT RCT – RETROSPECTIVE STUDY
LOVE 1996 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS (+ GYNECOLOGICAL SURGERY)
MACDONALD 2000 NO PAIN SCORES
MAHONEY 1990 NOT RCT (NO RANDOMISATION – GROUPS RUN SEQUENTIALLY)
MANNION 2005 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS
MANNION 2005 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS
MARTENS 1991 NO SUBGROUP ANALYSIS: TKR, LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION, TIBIAL OSTEOTOMIES
MASRI 1996 NOT PROPERLY RANDOMISED
MCCASKIE 1998 NOT PROPERLY RANDOMISED
MISRA 1991 NO PAIN SCORES
MISRA 2003 NO SEPARATE PAIN SCORE
MORSI 2002 NOT RCT
MURDOCH 2002 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS
NAVAS 2005 REVIEW ARTICLE
NELISSEN 1998 NO PAIN SCORES
NENDICK 2000 NOT PROPERLY RANDOMISED – BY HOSPITAL NO.
NEWMAN 1998 NO SEPARATE PAIN SCORES
NEWMAN 2000 NO PAIN SCORES
NIELSEN 1988 NO PAIN SCORES
NIELSEN 1990 NO PAIN SCORES
NIEMI 1996 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS
NIZARD 2005 META-ANALYSIS
ONG 2003 NO PAIN SCORES
OZKOCAK 2004 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS
PANG 1999 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS
PELLINO 2005 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS
PENG 2003 NOT RCT
PUOLAKKA 2000 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS
RAJ 1987 NOT RCT (NO RANDOMISATION)
RASMUSSEN 2005 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS
RATHMELL 2003 NO PAIN SCORES
REAY 1989 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS
REDHA 2005 NO PAIN SCORES
REITER 2003 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS
REUBEN 1999 ACL SURGERY
REUBEN 2002 PRE-OPERATIVE PAIN SCORES (NOT POST)
RISBERG 1999 LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION. NO PAIN SCORES
RITTER 1988 NO PAIN SCORES
RITTER 1989 NO PAIN SCORES
ROBISON 1991 NO PAIN SCORES
ROSSELAND 1999 DIAGNOSTIC/THERAPEUTIC KNEE ARTHROSCOPY
SCHNEIDER 1998 KNEE SOCIETY SCORE, NO SEPARATE PAIN SCORES
SHOJI 1989 NOT RCT
SKINNER 2004 NOT RCT – RETROSPECTIVE STUDY
STANDL 2001 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS
STEWART 2005 ACL RECONSTRUCTION.
TARRADELL 1996 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS
TETER 1990 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS
THOMPSON 2001 NOT A COMPARATIVE STUDY
TIMLIN 2003 NO PAIN SCORES
TOKOZOGLU 1998 NOT RCT
TSUEDA 1998 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS
TURNER 1996 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS
WAIKAKUL 2000 NO PAIN SCORES
WALKER 1991 NO PAIN SCORES
WARD 2002 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS
WASILEWSKI 1990 NOT RCT (NO RANDOMISATION)
WEIDENHIELM 1993 NO PAIN SCORES
WHITE 1992 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS
WILDER-SMITH 1994 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS
WILLIAMS-RUSSO 1996 NO PAIN SCORES
WONG 1996 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS
WORLAND 1997 NO PAIN SCORES
ZENIOS 2002 NO PAIN SCORES
ZHOU 2001 COMBINED KNEE AND HIP SURGERY GROUPS