Question · asked by 1 review

Intralesional betamethasone vs intralesional injections of triamcinolone acetonide: Clinical resolution

Population
People with symptomatic, biopsy-confirmed oral lichen planus (OLP); not concurrently receiving other OLP treatment
Intervention
Intralesional betamethasone
Comparison
intralesional injections of triamcinolone acetonide
Outcome
Clinical resolution

Intralesional betamethasone may leads to higher clinical resolution compared with intralesional triamcinolone acetonide (low certainty).

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Intralesional betamethasone vs Intralesional triamcinolone acetonide
Clinical resolution · People with symptomatic, biopsy-confirmed oral lichen planus (OLP); not concurrently receiving other OLP treatment
Intralesional betamethasone may leads to higher clinical resolution compared with intralesional triamcinolone acetonide (low certainty).
Interventions for treating oral lichen planus: corticosteroid therapies (2020) · Cochrane All outcomes
RR 1.40 [1.06, 1.83]1 study · 59 participantsLow

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

The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Interventions for treating oral lichen planus: corticosteroid therapies
2020 · Cochrane All outcomes
2019-02Not listedNot assessed
How reviews are matched to this question

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