Question · asked by 1 review

Root-end resection (with or without root-end filling; surgical retreatment) vs Non-surgical re-treatment (orthograde root canal therapy): Participants reporting swelling

Population: People with one or more endodontically treated teeth and a periapical condition requiring retreatment
Intervention: Root-end resection (with or without root-end filling; surgical retreatment)
Comparison: Non-surgical re-treatment (orthograde root canal therapy)
Outcome: Participants reporting swelling

What each review found

Finding	Effect	Studies	GRADE certainty
Root-end resection (with or without root-end filling; surgical retreatment) vs Root canal retreatment (non-surgical/orthograde) Participants reporting swelling · People with one or more endodontically treated teeth and a periapical condition requiring retreatment · first postoperative week Endodontic procedures for retreatment of periapical lesions (2016) · Cochrane All outcomes	Significantly higher number of participants reporting swelling in the root-end resection group than in the root canal retreatment group during the first postoperative week (Analysis 1.5); per-day totals not pooled.	1 study	GRADE not reported

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

The reviews

Review	Searched up to	Included studies	AMSTAR 2
Endodontic procedures for retreatment of periapical lesions 2016 · Cochrane All outcomes	2016-02-10	Not listed	Not assessed

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