Abdominal surgical site infection · people undergoing laparotomy for penetrating abdominal trauma
It is very uncertain whether gram‐negative and anaerobic coverage changes abdominal surgical site infection compared with gram‐positive, gram‐negative, and anaerobic coverage (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Abdominal surgical site infection · people undergoing laparotomy for penetrating abdominal trauma
It is very uncertain whether gram‐positive and gram‐negative coverage changes abdominal surgical site infection compared with gram‐negative and anaerobic coverage (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Abdominal surgical site infection · people undergoing laparotomy for penetrating abdominal trauma
It is very uncertain whether single dose of antibiotics changes abdominal surgical site infection compared with 24 hours of antibiotics (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Abdominal surgical site infection · people undergoing laparotomy for penetrating abdominal trauma
It is very uncertain whether anaerobic coverage only changes abdominal surgical site infection compared with gram‐positive, gram‐negative, and anaerobic coverage (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Quality of surgical recovery assessed in any way (e.g. as a surgical recovery score) (during longest · adults receiving intravenous fluids while undergoing major non‐cardiac surgery
1 finding from 1 review
Postoperative morbidity ‐ surgical complications (within 30 days after surgery) · People with localised rectal carcinoma
Preoperative radiotherapy may leads to higher postoperative morbidity ‐ surgical complications (within 30 days… compared with surgery alone (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Persistent pain 3 to 18 months after thoracotomy (We defined persistent postsurgical pain as new pain that did not exist before the operation, measured using differences in scores based on validated pain scales; patient interview between 3 to 18 m... · Patients undergoing thoracotomy
Thoracic epidural anaesthesia probably leads to lower persistent pain 3 to 18 months after thoracotomy (We defined… compared with conventional pain control (moderate certainty).
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Persistent pain 3 to 12 months after breast cancer surgery (We defined persistent postsurgical pain as new pain that did not exist before the operation, measured using differences in scores based on validated pain scales; patient interview between... · women with breast cancer undergoing elective surgery
Regional anaesthesia may leads to lower persistent pain 3 to 12 months after breast cancer surgery (We… compared with conventional pain control (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Persistent pain 3 to 8 months after caesarean section (We defined persistent postsurgical pain as new pain that did not exist before the operation, measured using differences in scores based on validated pain scales; patient interview between 3 to... · women after caesarean section
The intervention probably leads to lower persistent pain 3 to 8 months after caesarean section (We defined… (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Persistent pain 3 to 55 months after iliac crest bone graft harvesting (We defined persistent postsurgical pain as new pain that did not exist before the operation, measured using differences in scores based on validated pain scales; patient inter... · people after iliac crest bone graft harvesting
The intervention showed no clear difference in persistent pain 3 to 55 months after iliac crest bone graft… (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Persistent pain 3 to 6 months after breast cancer surgery (We defined persistent postsurgical pain as new pain that did not exist before the operation, measured using differences in scores based on validated pain scales; patient interview between ... · women with breast cancer undergoing elective surgery
The intervention probably leads to lower persistent pain 3 to 6 months after breast cancer surgery (We… (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Surgical intervention · adult patients presenting with symptoms of ureteral stone disease
Alpha‐blockers showed no clear difference in surgical intervention compared with placebo (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Surgical intervention · adult patients presenting with symptoms of ureteral stone disease
Alpha‐blockers showed no clear difference in surgical intervention compared with standard therapy (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Surgical satisfaction · adults (aged ≥ 18 years) undergoing ophthalmic surgery under local anaesthetic eye blocks.
1 finding from 1 review
Surgical complications ‐ neurovascular or visceral injury · adults undergoing inguinal and femoral hernia repair
Mesh leads to lower surgical complications ‐ neurovascular or visceral injury compared with non‐mesh repair (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Surgical complications ‐ wound infection · adults undergoing inguinal and femoral hernia repair
Mesh showed no clear difference in surgical complications ‐ wound infection compared with non‐mesh repair (low certainty).
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Wound dehiscence · adults undergoing inguinal and femoral hernia repair
Mesh showed no clear difference in surgical complications ‐ wound dehiscence compared with non‐mesh repair (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Postoperative endoscopic appearance of the sinonasal surgical cavities: Lund‐Kennedy endoscopic score (range 1 to 10) · adult patients who underwent primary endoscopic sinus surgery, with a diagnosis of recurrent acute or chronic rhinosinusitis
Sinonasal debridement showed no clear difference in postoperative endoscopic appearance of the sinonasal surgical… compared with no debridement (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Number of participants with major bleeding within 7 days of surgery (surgical site bleeding requiring a second intervention or reoperation or surgical site bleeding that causes a haematoma or haemarthrosis of sufficient size to delay mobilisation ... · people with a low platelet count
It is very uncertain whether prophylactic platelet transfusion prior to surgery changes number of participants with major bleeding within 7 days of surgery… compared with no prophylactic platelet transfusion prior to surgery (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Hysterectomy to control bleeding · women with primary postpartum haemorrhage following vaginal or caesarean birth
Standard care plus IV tranexamic acid showed no clear difference in surgical intervention to control bleeding: Hysterectomy compared with placebo or standard care alone (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review