Question · asked by 1 review
Silicone gel sheeting vs silicone gel: Scar severity assessed by health professionals
- Population
- people with hypertrophic scars
- Intervention
- Silicone gel sheeting
- Comparison
- silicone gel
- Outcome
- Scar severity assessed by health professionals
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Silicone gel sheeting vs silicone gel Scar severity assessed by health professionals with VSS score from 0 to 14 · people with hypertrophic scars Silicone gel sheeting for treating hypertrophic scars (2021) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 20 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silicone gel sheeting for treating hypertrophic scars 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | Not extracted | Not assessed |
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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.