VATS vs thoracostomy drainage: Mortality: adults
VATS showed no clear difference in mortality: adults compared with thoracostomy drainage (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
VATS vs thoracostomy drainage Mortality: adults · children and adults with pleural empyema VATS showed no clear difference in mortality: adults compared with thoracostomy drainage (moderate certainty). Surgical versus non‐surgical management for pleural empyema (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | OR 0.8 [0.04, 14.89] | 2 studies · 90 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surgical versus non‐surgical management for pleural empyema 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not 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.