Clinical effect of simple decompression vs transposition: Wound infection
Simple decompression probably leads to lower adverse events: proportion of participants with deep/superficial… compared with transposition (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Simple decompression vs transposition Adverse events: proportion of participants with deep/superficial wound infections · people with ulnar neuropathy at the elbow Simple decompression probably leads to lower adverse events: proportion of participants with deep/superficial… compared with transposition (moderate certainty). Treatment for ulnar neuropathy at the elbow (2016) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.32 [0.12, 0.85] | 3 studies · 261 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Treatment for ulnar neuropathy at the elbow 2016 · 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.