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Single‐incision slings vs retropubic minimally‐invasive slings: Number of women requiring repeat continence surgery or mesh revision

It is very uncertain whether single‐incision slings changes number of women requiring repeat continence surgery or mesh revision compared with retropubic minimally‐invasive slings (very low certainty).

What each review found

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Single‐incision slings vs retropubic minimally‐invasive slings
Number of women requiring repeat continence surgery or mesh revision · women with urinary incontinence
It is very uncertain whether single‐incision slings changes number of women requiring repeat continence surgery or mesh revision compared with retropubic minimally‐invasive slings (very low certainty).
Single‐incision sling operations for urinary incontinence in women (2023) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 4.19 [0.31, 57.28]2 studies · 182 participantsVery low

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The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Single‐incision sling operations for urinary incontinence in women
2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
Not reportedlist not extracted yetNot 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.