Local anaesthesia vs general anaesthesia: Local haemorrhage
Local anaesthesia showed no clear difference in local haemorrhage compared with general anaesthesia (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Local anaesthesia vs general anaesthesia Local haemorrhage · people with symptomatic or asymptomatic carotid disease Local anaesthesia showed no clear difference in local haemorrhage compared with general anaesthesia (moderate certainty). Local versus general anaesthesia for carotid endarterectomy (2021) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | OR 0.99 [0.79, 1.25] | 6 studies · 4186 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local versus general anaesthesia for carotid endarterectomy 2021 · 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.