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Evidence found and GRADE certainty

10 questions · 10 findings · 5 reviews · Headline outcomes only

No studies found 3 · 30%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 5 · 50%Low 1 · 10%Moderate 1 · 10%High 0 · 0%

Surgery vs preoperative pharmacological therapy and surgery

Adverse events · adults with growth‐hormone secreting pituitary adenomas

It is very uncertain whether surgery alone changes adverse events compared with preoperative pharmacological therapy and surgery (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Surgical vs non‐surgical treatment

Adverse events / complications ‐ Number of participants with complications · (mainly older) adults with most types of displaced proximal humeral fracturesa (10 trials)

Surgical showed no clear difference in adverse events / complications ‐ Number of participants with… compared with non‐surgical treatment (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Intervention not reported

Adverse events, complications and morbidity associated with (adeno)tonsillectomy and comparators Expressed as the proportion of children experiencing a serious adverse event [7 months] · children with obstructive sleep‐disordered breathing
1 finding from 1 review