What do systematic reviews say?

Surgery vs no surgery

• Surgery for weight loss in adults 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  2 studies · 140 participants
  Moderate

Surgery vs preoperative pharmacological therapy and surgery

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

• Surgical and non‐surgical interventions for primary and salvage treatment of growth hormone‐secreting pituitary… 2024 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  Studies not reported
  No studies found

Surgery vs Pharmacological therapy

Surgery alone showed no clear difference in health‐related quality of life Mean AcroQoL score (0‐100) compared with pharmacological therapy alone (low certainty).

• Surgical and non‐surgical interventions for primary and salvage treatment of growth hormone‐secreting pituitary… 2024 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  MD 10
  1 study · 22 participants
  Low

Intraoperative neuromonitoring vs visual nerve identification only during thyroidectomy

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

• Intraoperative neuromonitoring versus visual nerve identification for prevention of recurrent laryngeal nerve injury… 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  Studies not reported
  No studies found

Total thyroidectomy vs subtotal thyroidectomy

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

• Thyroid surgery for Graves’ disease and Graves’ ophthalmopathy 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  Studies not reported
  No studies found
• Thyroid surgery for Graves’ disease and Graves’ ophthalmopathy 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  Studies not reported
  No studies found

Bilateral subtotal thyroidectomy vs the Dunhill procedure

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

• Thyroid surgery for Graves’ disease and Graves’ ophthalmopathy 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  Studies not reported
  No studies found

Laparoscopic gastric bypass vs laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy

• Surgery for weight loss in adults 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 217 participants
  Very low

Gastric bypass vs biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch (laparoscopic or open)

• Surgery for weight loss in adults 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 60 participants
  Very low

Laparoscopic gastric bypass vs laparoscopic duodenojejunal bypass with sleeve gastrectomy

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

• Surgery for weight loss in adults 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  Studies not reported
  No studies found

Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding vs laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

• Surgery for weight loss in adults 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  Studies not reported
  No studies found

Laparaoscopic gastric imbrication vs laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

• Surgery for weight loss in adults 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  Studies not reported
  No studies found

Laparoscopic gastric bypass vs laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding

• Surgery for weight loss in adults 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 250 participants
  Very low

Intervention not reported

It is very uncertain whether the intervention changes health‐related quality of life (CHQ (8 subscores); scale 0 to 100,… (very low certainty).

• Surgery for the treatment of obesity in children and adolescents 2022 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  MD 16.3
  1 study · 42 participants
  Very low