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Anti‐VEGF vs no anti‐VEGF: Visual acuity

It is very uncertain whether anti‐VEGF changes proportion of participants with improvement in visual acuity of 2… compared with no anti‐VEGF (very low certainty).

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Anti‐VEGF vs no anti‐VEGF
Proportion of participants with improvement in visual acuity of 2 ETDRS lines or 0.2 logMAR units, 4 to 6 weeks · people with neovascular glaucoma
It is very uncertain whether anti‐VEGF changes proportion of participants with improvement in visual acuity of 2… compared with no anti‐VEGF (very low certainty).
Anti‐vascular endothelial growth factor for neovascular glaucoma (2023) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 2.55 [1.6, 4.08]1 study · 93 participantsVery low

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The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Anti‐vascular endothelial growth factor for neovascular glaucoma
2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
Not reportedlist not extracted yetNot assessed

Studies behind the findings

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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.