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Evidence found and GRADE certainty

720 questions · 751 findings · 105 reviews

No studies found 193 · 25.7%GRADE not reported 37 · 4.9%Very low 212 · 28.2%Low 193 · 25.7%Moderate 99 · 13.2%High 17 · 2.3%

Open surgery vs steroid injection

Pain Proportion with pain on the palm of the hand · patients with trigger finger

Open surgery may leads to higher pain Proportion with pain on the palm of the hand compared with steroid injection (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Open surgery vs steroid injection plus hyaluronic acid injection guided by ultrasound

Adverse events (partial loss of movement, algodystrophic syndrome) · patients with trigger finger

It is very uncertain whether open surgery changes adverse events (partial loss of movement, algodystrophic syndrome) compared with steroid injection plus hyaluronic acid injection guided by ultrasound (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Open surgery vs steroid injection

Participant global assessment of success Not measured · patients with trigger finger

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review

Open surgery vs steroid injection

Recurrence · patients with trigger finger

Open surgery may leads to lower recurrence compared with steroid injection (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Open surgery vs steroid injection

Adverse events (infection, tendon or pulley injury, flare, cutaneous discomfort, fat necrosis) · patients with trigger finger

Open surgery showed no clear difference in adverse events (infection, tendon or pulley injury, flare, cutaneous… compared with steroid injection (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Open surgery vs steroid injection

Neurovascular injury · patients with trigger finger

Open surgery showed no clear difference in neurovascular injury compared with steroid injection (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Bone marrow vs steroid injection

Success rate (radiographically‐assessed healing of cyst healing based on the Neer/Cole rating system) · children with simple bone cysts

It is very uncertain whether bone marrow changes success rate (radiographically‐assessed healing of cyst healing… compared with steroid injections (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review