Transepithelial CXL using iontophoresis vs epithelium‐off CXL
- Transepithelial versus epithelium‐off corneal crosslinking for progressive keratoconus 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extracted2 studies · 51 participantsVery low
Supervised maintenance programme following pulmonary rehabilitation showed no clear difference in exacerbation: number of people experiencing one or more exacerbation compared with usual care (low certainty).
Summary of findings ‐ Prophylactic may leads to lower number of people with one or more isolates of S aureus (sensitive… compared with 'as required' anti‐staphylococcal antibiotics (low certainty).
Summary of findings ‐ Prophylactic showed no clear difference in number of people with one or more isolates of P aeruginosa compared with 'as required' anti‐staphylococcal antibiotics (low certainty).
Phosphodiesterase‐4 inhibitors leads to lower number of participants with 1 or more exacerbations compared with placebo (high certainty).
Radiotherapy showed no clear difference in loss of 3 or more lines of best‐corrected visual acuity Measured… compared with control (low certainty).
Radiotherapy combined with anti‐VEGF probably leads to higher loss of 3 or more lines of best‐corrected visual acuity Measured… compared with anti‐VEGF alone (moderate certainty).
The intervention may leads to lower use of 1 or more red blood cell transfusions (low and high doses of… (low certainty).
It is very uncertain whether the intervention changes use of one or more red blood cell transfusions (low and high dose of… (very low certainty).
Intravitreal fluocinolone acetonide implant 0.19 mg probably leads to higher gain of three or more lines visual acuity ‐ 12 months compared with sham (moderate certainty).
Intravitreal dexamethasone implant 0.7 mg showed no clear difference in gain of three or more lines visual acuity ‐ 12 months compared with sham (moderate certainty).
It is very uncertain whether intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide injection 4 mg changes gain of three or more lines visual acuity ‐ 24 months** compared with sham (very low certainty).
Intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide injection 4 mg showed no clear difference in gain of three or more lines visual acuity ‐ 12 months compared with macular laser (low certainty).
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
Intravitreal dexamethasone implant 0.7 mg may leads to lower gain of three or more lines visual acuity ‐ 12 months compared with intravitreal antiVEGF (low certainty).
It is very uncertain whether brain‐derived neurotrophic factor changes participants with 1 or more serious adverse events compared with placebo (very low certainty).
It is very uncertain whether cerebrospinal fluid filtration changes participants with 1 or more serious adverse events compared with plasma exchange (very low certainty).