Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

1 questions · 1 findings · 1 reviews

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

Wound infection · people undergoing surgery involving major abdominal incisions

Scalpel showed no clear difference in wound infection compared with electrosurgery (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Scalpel versus electrosurgery for major abdominal incisions 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.07 [0.74, 1.54]
11 studies · 2178 participants
Low