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Evidence found and GRADE certainty

24 questions · 27 findings · 10 reviews

No studies found 14 · 51.9%GRADE not reported 1 · 3.7%Very low 7 · 25.9%Low 3 · 11.1%Moderate 1 · 3.7%High 1 · 3.7%

Open surgery vs steroid injection

Recurrence · patients with trigger finger

Open surgery may leads to lower recurrence compared with steroid injection (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Percutaneous surgery vs steroid injection

Recurrence · patients with trigger finger

It is very uncertain whether percutaneous surgery changes recurrence compared with steroid injection (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Percutaneous surgery vs open surgery

Recurrence · patients with trigger finger

It is very uncertain whether percutaneous surgery changes recurrence compared with open surgery (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Surgery vs any Medical Therapy

NON ‐ Healing (persistence or recurrence) · people with anal fissures

Any Surgery leads to lower NON ‐ Healing (persistence or recurrence) compared with any Medical Therapy (high certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Mohs micrographic surgery vs surgical excision

Recurrence · adults with basal cell carcinoma of the skin

Mohs micrographic surgery showed no clear difference in recurrence at 3 years compared with surgical excision (low certainty).

2 findings from 1 review

Open surgery by transverse incision of the skin in the distal palmar crease vs open surgery

Recurrence ‐ not measured · patients with trigger finger

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

3 findings from 1 review