Question · asked by 1 review

Summary of findings for conjunctival autograft vs amniotic membrane transplant: Recurrence of pterygium

It is very uncertain whether summary of findings for conjunctival autograft changes recurrence of pterygium compared with amniotic membrane transplant (very low certainty).

What each review found

Current versions only
FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Summary of findings for conjunctival autograft vs amniotic membrane transplant
Recurrence of pterygium · people with primary or recurrent pterygium
It is very uncertain whether summary of findings for conjunctival autograft changes recurrence of pterygium compared with amniotic membrane transplant (very low certainty).
Conjunctival autograft for pterygium (2016) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.87 [0.43, 1.77]Not reportedVery low
Summary of findings for conjunctival autograft vs amniotic membrane transplant
Recurrence of pterygium · people with primary or recurrent pterygium
Summary of findings for conjunctival autograft probably leads to lower recurrence of pterygium compared with amniotic membrane transplant (moderate certainty).
Conjunctival autograft for pterygium (2016) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.53 [0.33, 0.85]Not reportedModerate

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

The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Conjunctival autograft for pterygium
2016 · 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.