Laparoscopic vs open surgical PD catheter insertion: Catheter tip migration (mechanical failure)
Laparoscopic may leads to lower catheter tip migration (mechanical failure) compared with open surgical PD catheter insertion (low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Laparoscopic vs open surgical PD catheter insertion Catheter tip migration (mechanical failure) · patients requiring PD catheter placement Laparoscopic may leads to lower catheter tip migration (mechanical failure) compared with open surgical PD catheter insertion (low certainty). Catheter insertion techniques for improving catheter function and clinical outcomes in peritoneal dialysis… (2023) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.43 [0.2, 0.92] | 4 studies · 333 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catheter insertion techniques for improving catheter function and clinical outcomes in peritoneal dialysis patients 2023 · 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.