Reintervention (due to technical failure) · people requiring intervention for short saphenous vein varices
1 finding from 1 review
All‐cause mortality · primary prophylaxis of oesophageal variceal bleeding in children with chronic liver disease or portal vein thrombosis
It is very uncertain whether sclerotherapy changes all‐cause mortality compared with no intervention (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Upper gastrointestinal bleeding · primary prophylaxis of oesophageal variceal bleeding in children with chronic liver disease or portal vein thrombosis
It is very uncertain whether sclerotherapy changes upper gastrointestinal bleeding compared with no intervention (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Serious adverse events and liver‐related morbidity: incidence of congestive hypertensive gastropathy · primary prophylaxis of oesophageal variceal bleeding in children with chronic liver disease or portal vein thrombosis
It is very uncertain whether sclerotherapy changes serious adverse events and liver‐related morbidity: incidence of… compared with no intervention (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Serious adverse events and liver‐related morbidity: incidence of gastric varices · primary prophylaxis of oesophageal variceal bleeding in children with chronic liver disease or portal vein thrombosis
It is very uncertain whether sclerotherapy changes serious adverse events and liver‐related morbidity: incidence of… compared with no intervention (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Serious adverse events and liver‐related morbidity: incidence of bleeding from gastric varices · primary prophylaxis of oesophageal variceal bleeding in children with chronic liver disease or portal vein thrombosis
It is very uncertain whether sclerotherapy changes serious adverse events and liver‐related morbidity: incidence of… compared with no intervention (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Health‐related quality of life · primary prophylaxis of oesophageal variceal bleeding in children with chronic liver disease or portal vein thrombosis
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Oesophageal variceal bleeding · primary prophylaxis of oesophageal variceal bleeding in children with chronic liver disease or portal vein thrombosis
It is very uncertain whether sclerotherapy changes oesophageal variceal bleeding compared with no intervention (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Non‐serious adverse events · primary prophylaxis of oesophageal variceal bleeding in children with chronic liver disease or portal vein thrombosis
1 finding from 1 review
Recurrence · people requiring intervention for short saphenous vein varices
1 finding from 1 review
Disease‐specific quality of life · people requiring intervention for short saphenous vein varices
2 findings from 1 review
Complications at 1 year · people requiring intervention for short saphenous vein varices
1 finding from 1 review
Recanalisation or persistence of reflux at 6 weeks · people requiring intervention for short saphenous vein varices
Ultrasound‐guided foam sclerotherapy showed no clear difference in recanalisation or persistence of reflux at 6 weeks compared with conventional surgery (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Recurrence of reflux at 1 year · people requiring intervention for short saphenous vein varices
Ultrasound‐guided foam sclerotherapy showed no clear difference in recurrence of reflux at 1 year compared with conventional surgery (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Technical success · people with GSV incompetence
Ultrasound‐guided foam sclerotherapy (UGFS) may leads to lower technical success (< 5 years) compared with SFJ ligation and stripping (HL/S) (low certainty).
2 findings from 1 review
Recurrence · people with GSV incompetence
Ultrasound‐guided foam sclerotherapy (UGFS) showed no clear difference in recurrence (< 5 years) compared with SFJ ligation and stripping (HL/S) (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Long‐term recurrence (> 5 years) · people with GSV incompetence
Ultrasound‐guided foam sclerotherapy (UGFS) showed no clear difference in long‐term recurrence (≥ 5 years) compared with SFJ ligation and stripping (HL/S) (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Complications (up to 8 years) · people with GSV incompetence
1 finding from 1 review
QoL · people with GSV incompetence
1 finding from 1 review