Question · asked by 1 review
Laser therapy plus other treatment vs other treatment: Scar severity ‐ carbon dioxide (CO2) laser plus TAC versus cryosurgery plus TAC. Mean percentage reduction ‐ blinded observer assessment ‐ keloid scars ‐
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Laser therapy plus other treatment vs other treatment Scar severity ‐ carbon dioxide (CO2) laser plus TAC versus cryosurgery plus TAC. Mean percentage reduction ‐ blinded observer assessment ‐ keloid scars ‐ · participants 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
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