Band ligation vs no intervention or a sham procedure: All‐cause mortality
It is very uncertain whether band ligation changes all‐cause mortality compared with sham or no intervention (very low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Band ligation vs sham or no intervention All‐cause mortality · children with portal hypertension and large oesophageal varices, without previous gastrointestinal bleeding or… It is very uncertain whether band ligation changes all‐cause mortality compared with sham or no intervention (very low certainty). Band ligation versus sham or no intervention for primary prophylaxis of oesophageal variceal bleeding in… (2021) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 2.54 [0.11, 56.25] | 1 study · 22 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Band ligation versus sham or no intervention for primary prophylaxis of oesophageal variceal bleeding in children and adolescents with… 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.