Any cold therapy vs no cold therapy following total knee replacement: Adverse events Adverse events included discomfort, local skin reactions, superficial infections, cold induced injuries and thrombolytic events
It is very uncertain whether any cold therapy changes total adverse eventsAdverse events included discomfort, local skin… compared with no cold therapy following total knee replacement (very low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Any cold therapy vs no cold therapy following total knee replacement Total adverse eventsAdverse events included discomfort, local skin reactions, superficial infections, cold‐induced injuries and thrombolytic events. · people undergoing total knee replacement It is very uncertain whether any cold therapy changes total adverse eventsAdverse events included discomfort, local skin… compared with no cold therapy following total knee replacement (very low certainty). Cryotherapy following total knee replacement (2023) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.3 [0.53, 3.2] | 16 studies · 1199 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cryotherapy following total knee replacement 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.