ePTFE‐covered stents vs bare stents: Hepatic encephalopathy
It is very uncertain whether ePTFE‐covered stents changes hepatic encephalopathy compared with bare stents (very low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
ePTFE‐covered stents vs bare stents Hepatic encephalopathy · transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt in people with liver cirrhosis It is very uncertain whether ePTFE‐covered stents changes hepatic encephalopathy compared with bare stents (very low certainty). Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE)‐covered stents versus bare stents for transjugular intrahepatic… (2023) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.93 [0.66, 1.3] | 3 studies · 269 participants | Very low |
ePTFE‐covered stents vs bare stents Hepatic encephalopathy · transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt in people with liver cirrhosis It is very uncertain whether ePTFE‐covered stents changes hepatic encephalopathy compared with bare stents (very low certainty). Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE)‐covered stents versus bare stents for transjugular intrahepatic… (2023) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.1 [0.76, 1.61] | 1 study · 258 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE)‐covered stents versus bare stents for transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt in people… 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.