Question · asked by 1 review

Absorbable tacks plus absorbable sutures vs nonabsorbable tacks plus nonabsorbable sutures: Seroma (1 week)

It is very uncertain whether absorbable tacks plus absorbable sutures changes seroma (1 week) compared with nonabsorbable tacks plus nonabsorbable sutures (very low certainty).

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Absorbable tacks plus absorbable sutures vs nonabsorbable tacks plus nonabsorbable sutures
Seroma (1 week) · People with primary ventral or incisional hernia repair
It is very uncertain whether absorbable tacks plus absorbable sutures changes seroma (1 week) compared with nonabsorbable tacks plus nonabsorbable sutures (very low certainty).
Mesh fixation techniques in primary ventral or incisional hernia repair (2021) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.71 [0.24, 2.08]1 study · 90 participantsVery low

Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.

The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Mesh fixation techniques in primary ventral or incisional hernia repair
2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
Not reportedlist not extracted yetNot 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.