Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

1 questions · 1 findings · 1 reviews

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 1 · 100%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Wound dehiscence · people undergoing surgery involving major abdominal incisions

It is very uncertain whether scalpel changes wound dehiscence compared with electrosurgery (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Scalpel versus electrosurgery for major abdominal incisions 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.21
6 studies · 1064 participants
Very low