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What do systematic reviews say?

2 questions · 4 findings · 1 reviews · Wounds

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Low frequency ultrasound vs no ultrasound

Ulcers completely healed · venous leg ulcers

It is very uncertain whether low frequency ultrasound changes proportion of ulcers completely healed at 8 to 12 weeks compared with no ultrasound (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Therapeutic ultrasound for venous leg ulcers 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 3.91 [0.47, 32.85]
2 studies · 61 participants
Very low

High frequency ultrasound vs no ultrasound

Ulcers completely healed · people with venous leg ulcers

It is very uncertain whether high frequency ultrasound changes proportion of ulcers completely healed at 3 weeks compared with no ultrasound (very low certainty).

3 findings from 1 review

Therapeutic ultrasound for venous leg ulcers 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 2.05 [0.24, 17.23]
1 study · 65 participants
Very low
Therapeutic ultrasound for venous leg ulcers 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.21 [0.86, 1.71]
6 studies · 678 participants
Low
Therapeutic ultrasound for venous leg ulcers 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.26 [0.92, 1.73]
3 studies · 489 participants
Moderate