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Laser therapy vs no treatment: Scar severity ‐ 585‐nm Pulsed‐Dye Laser (PDL) versus Triamcinolone acetonide (TAC) ‐ Vancouver Burn Scar (VBS) (Higher score = worse scar appearance) ‐ hypertrophic scars ‐
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Laser therapy vs no treatment Scar severity ‐ Fractional CO2 Laser versus no treatment ‐ POSAS scale (higher scores = worse scar appearance) ‐ hypertrophic scars ‐ · patients with hypertrophic and keloid scars Laser therapy for treating hypertrophic and keloid scars (2022) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | no estimate extracted | Not reported | Very low |
Laser therapy vs no treatment Scar severity ‐ Fractional Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Laser versus no treatment ‐ Vancouver Burn Scar (VBS) scale (higher scores = worse scar appearance) ‐ hypertrophic scars ‐ · patients with hypertrophic and keloid scars Laser therapy for treating hypertrophic and keloid scars (2022) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | no estimate extracted | Not reported | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laser therapy for treating hypertrophic and keloid scars 2022 · 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.