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186 questions · 190 findings · 36 reviews

No studies found 38 · 20%GRADE not reported 75 · 39.5%Very low 42 · 22.1%Low 20 · 10.5%Moderate 14 · 7.4%High 1 · 0.5%

Anterior prolapse repair: native tissue vs polypropylene mesh

Repeat surgery for stress urinary incontinence (2 years) · women with anterior compartment pelvic organ prolapse

Anterior prolapse repair: native tissue showed no clear difference in repeat surgery for stress urinary incontinence (1‐2 years) compared with polypropylene mesh (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Frankel's function regulator-4 (FR-4) with lip-seal training vs no treatment

Stability of anterior open bite correction (1 year after treatment) · Children and adolescents (over 80% aged 16 years or younger at treatment start) with anterior open bite (lack of vertical overlap or…

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review

Frankel's function regulator-4 (FR-4) with lip-seal training vs no treatment

Failure to correct the anterior open bite (open bite not closed) · Children and adolescents (over 80% aged 16 years or younger at treatment start) with anterior open bite (lack of vertical overlap or…

Frankel's function regulator-4 (FR-4) with lip-seal training led to lower failure to correct the anterior open bite (open bite not closed) compared with no treatment; GRADE not reported.

1 finding from 1 review

Repelling-magnet splints vs Bite-blocks

Anterior open bite correction · Children and adolescents (over 80% aged 16 years or younger at treatment start) with anterior open bite (lack of vertical overlap or…
1 finding from 1 review
  • Orthodontic and orthopaedic treatment for anterior open bite in children 2014 · Cochrane All outcomes
    About 4 months (treatment interrupted early)
    Could not be analysed statistically. After 4 months the open bite was observed to close in the magnet group, but in four out of these ten patients transverse problems (unilateral crossbite) were observed, which led to…
    1 study
    GRADE not reported

Removable appliance with palatal crib associated with high-pull chincup vs no treatment

Failure to correct the anterior open bite (open bite not closed) · Children and adolescents (over 80% aged 16 years or younger at treatment start) with anterior open bite (lack of vertical overlap or…

Removable appliance with palatal crib associated with high-pull… led to lower failure to correct the anterior open bite (open bite not closed) compared with no treatment; GRADE not reported.

1 finding from 1 review

Vaginal POP surgery with armed mesh vs anterior native tissue repair

One type of POP surgery vs another: armed anterior mesh vs anterior native tissue repair · continent women with POP

Vaginal POP surgery with armed mesh may leads to higher one type of POP surgery vs another: armed anterior mesh vs anterior… compared with anterior native tissue repair (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Low‐level laser therapy vs Conventional orthodontic appliance treatment

Rate of maxillary molar intrusion for correction of anterior open bite · Adolescents and adults with malocclusion undergoing fixed orthodontic appliance treatment
1 finding from 1 review

Vaginal uterosacral colpopexy vs alternative vaginal native tissue apical suspension

Prolapse on examination ‐ Anterior compartment prolapse · women with apical vaginal prolapse

Vaginal uterosacral colpopexy showed no clear difference in prolapse on examination ‐ Anterior compartment prolapse compared with alternative vaginal native tissue apical suspension (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Active self-ligating brackets vs Passive self-ligating brackets

Amount of crowding (upper anterior crowding) · Children or adolescents (aged 16 years old or under) receiving orthodontic treatment to prevent or correct crowded teeth
1 finding from 1 review
  • Orthodontic treatment for crowded teeth in children 2021 · Cochrane All outcomes
    baseline
    Only baseline upper anterior crowding reported (Pandis 2010a, n=70); evidence of baseline imbalance between groups (P=0.04); no post-treatment between-group crowding estimate reported.
    1 study
    GRADE not reported

PACK‐CXL with standard therapy vs Standard therapy alone (radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy)

Proportion of participants with reduction in intraocular inflammation at 4 to 8 weeks Assessed by corneal keratic precipitates, anterior chamber cellular reaction, or other appropriate measure · participants of any age with confirmed cases of bacterial keratitis
1 finding from 1 review