NPWT vs dressings: Amputation
NPWT may leads to lower amputations compared with dressings (low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
NPWT vs dressings Amputations · treating foot wounds in people with diabetes mellitus NPWT may leads to lower amputations compared with dressings (low certainty). Negative pressure wound therapy for treating foot wounds in people with diabetes mellitus (2018) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.33 [0.15, 0.7] | 3 studies · 441 participants | Low |
NPWT vs dressings Amputations · treating foot wounds in people with diabetes mellitus It is very uncertain whether NPWT changes amputations compared with dressings (very low certainty). Negative pressure wound therapy for treating foot wounds in people with diabetes mellitus (2018) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.38 [0.14, 1.02] | 2 studies · 292 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Negative pressure wound therapy for treating foot wounds in people with diabetes mellitus 2018 · 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.