Question · asked by 1 review

Ventilation tubes vs no treatment: Improvement in frequency of vertigo (complete resolution) at > 12 months

Population
Ménière’s disease
Intervention
Ventilation tubes
Comparison
no treatment
Outcome
Improvement in frequency of vertigo (complete resolution) at > 12 months

It is very uncertain whether ventilation tubes changes improvement in frequency of vertigo (complete resolution) at > 12… compared with no treatment (very low certainty).

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Ventilation tubes vs no treatment
Improvement in frequency of vertigo (complete resolution) at > 12 months · Ménière’s disease
It is very uncertain whether ventilation tubes changes improvement in frequency of vertigo (complete resolution) at > 12… compared with no treatment (very low certainty).
Surgical interventions for Ménière’s disease (2023) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.55 [1.22, 1.97]1 study · 133 participantsVery low

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

The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Surgical interventions for Ménière’s disease
2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
Not reportedNot extractedNot assessed
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