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Evidence found and GRADE certainty

173 questions · 173 findings · 16 reviews · Hepato-Biliary

No studies found 15 · 8.7%GRADE not reported 4 · 2.3%Very low 100 · 57.8%Low 42 · 24.3%Moderate 11 · 6.4%High 1 · 0.6%

Sclerotherapy vs no intervention

Serious adverse events and liver‐related morbidity: incidence of gastric varices · primary prophylaxis of oesophageal variceal bleeding in children with chronic liver disease or portal vein thrombosis

It is very uncertain whether sclerotherapy changes serious adverse events and liver‐related morbidity: incidence of… compared with no intervention (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Sclerotherapy vs no intervention

Serious adverse events and liver‐related morbidity: incidence of bleeding from gastric varices · primary prophylaxis of oesophageal variceal bleeding in children with chronic liver disease or portal vein thrombosis

It is very uncertain whether sclerotherapy changes serious adverse events and liver‐related morbidity: incidence of… compared with no intervention (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Sclerotherapy vs no intervention

Oesophageal variceal bleeding · primary prophylaxis of oesophageal variceal bleeding in children with chronic liver disease or portal vein thrombosis

It is very uncertain whether sclerotherapy changes oesophageal variceal bleeding compared with no intervention (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Cyanoacrylate 1 mL vs cyanoacrylate 0.5 mL

Control of bleeding Success in control the active variceal bleeding · acute bleeding gastric varices in people with portal hypertension

It is very uncertain whether cyanoacrylate 1 mL changes control of bleeding Success in control the active variceal bleeding compared with cyanoacrylate 0.5 mL (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Cyanoacrylate vs alcohol

Control of bleeding Success in control the active variceal bleeding · acute bleeding gastric varices in people with portal hypertension

It is very uncertain whether cyanoacrylate changes control of bleeding Success in controlling the active variceal… compared with alcohol (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Cyanoacrylate vs band ligation

Failure of intervention Continuous variceal bleeding after intervention · acute bleeding gastric varices in people with portal hypertension

It is very uncertain whether cyanoacrylate changes failure of intervention Continuous variceal bleeding after… compared with band ligation (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Cyanoacrylate vs band ligation

Control of bleeding Success in control the active variceal bleeding · acute bleeding gastric varices in people with portal hypertension

It is very uncertain whether cyanoacrylate changes control of bleeding Success in control variceal bleeding compared with band ligation (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Surgical portosystemic shunts vs transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS)

Number of participants with Variceal rebleeding episodes at 30 days · people with cirrhotic portal hypertension

It is very uncertain whether surgical portosystemic shunts changes number of participants with Variceal rebleeding episodes at 30 days compared with transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Surgical portosystemic shunts vs devascularisation with splenectomy

Rebleeding · people with hepatosplenic schistosomiasis

It is very uncertain whether surgical portosystemic shunts changes variceal rebleeding rate compared with devascularisation with splenectomy (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Parenteral nutrition plus branched‐chain‐amino‐acid‐enriched formula vs standard isotonic intravenous glucose solution

Mortality [within first 10 weeks after liver transplantation] · adult patients after liver transplantation.

Parenteral nutrition plus branched‐chain‐amino‐acid‐enriched formula showed no clear difference in mortality [within first 10 weeks after liver transplantation] compared with standard isotonic intravenous glucose solution (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review