Adverse effects during use of the preventative intervention (fever) ‐ postsurgical · participants with recurrent herpes labialis
Interferon showed no clear difference in adverse effects during use of the preventative intervention (fever)… compared with placebo (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Adverse effects during use of the preventative intervention (fever) ‐ pre‐ and postsurgical · participants with recurrent herpes labialis
Interferon showed no clear difference in adverse effects during use of the preventative intervention (fever)… compared with placebo (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Surgical site infection · patients undergoing orthognathic surgery
The intervention probably leads to lower surgical site infection (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Surgical site infection · patients undergoing orthognathic surgery
The intervention showed no clear difference in surgical site infection (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Surgical Morbidity (Within 30 d) Related to the Regional Nodal Basin in Patients Assigned to the 2 Treatment Arms of MSLT‐I Any complication in the dissected basin, regional or systemic related to the surgical treatment in the regional nodal basin · patients with localised primary cutaneous melanoma
SLNB may leads to higher surgical Morbidity (Within 30 d) Related to the Regional Nodal Basin… compared with observation (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Surgical Morbidity (Within 30 d) Related to Wide Excision of the Primary Site in Patients Assigned to the 2 Treatment Arms of MSLT‐I Any Surgical Complication related to the wide excision site · patients with localised primary cutaneous melanoma
SLNB showed no clear difference in surgical Morbidity (Within 30 d) Related to Wide Excision of the… compared with observation (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Surgical complications ‐ wound infection · patients with colorectal surgery
Antibiotic leads to lower surgical wound infection (SWI) compared with no antibiotic/placebo (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Wound infection · colorectal surgery
Combined oral and intravenous leads to lower surgical wound infection: oral + iv versus iv alone compared with oral or intravenous alone (high certainty).
2 findings from 1 review
Adverse post‐surgical events · People, primarily adults, undergoing ACL reconstruction surgery
1 finding from 1 review
Weaning time (from randomization to extubation) based on ICU type: medical‐surgical or surgical only · patients with weaning time in invasively ventilated critically ill adults
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Reduction in number and/or frequency of surgical interventions and/or time until first relapse requiring surgery · 23 patients aged two years or older with recurrent respiratory papillomatosis
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Side effects ‐ surgical site and other infections > 6 months' · participants with lumbar disc herniation
Minimal invasive discectomy probably leads to lower side effects ‐ surgical site and other infections > 6 months' compared with micro/discectomy (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Postoperative superficial infections · participants with non‐obstetric surgery
It is very uncertain whether continuous skin sutures changes superficial surgical site infection compared with interrupted skin sutures (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Requirement for additional (surgical) interventions (plate removal within 90 days) · Adults with fractures of the mandibular angle
Transbuccal miniplate combined with intraoral approach led to lower requirement for additional (surgical) interventions (plate removal… compared with intraoral approach alone; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Requirement for additional (surgical) interventions (post-operative MMF/IMF) · Adults (16 to 68 years) with mandibular fractures excluding condylar involvement
3-dimensional (3D) miniplates led to lower requirement for additional (surgical) interventions (post-operative… compared with standard (Champy) plates; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Requirement for additional (surgical) interventions (plate removal) · Adults with fractures of the mandibular angle
Two miniplates (transbuccal approach) showed no clear difference in requirement for additional (surgical) interventions (plate removal) compared with one miniplate plus two screws (intraoral approach at external…; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
RR 0.78 [0.19, 3.11]
2 studies
GRADE not reported
Requirement for additional (surgical) interventions (plate removal / re-operation) · Adults (16 to 68 years) with mandibular fractures excluding condylar involvement
1 finding from 1 review
Requirement for additional (surgical) interventions · Adults (16 to 68 years) with mandibular fractures excluding condylar involvement
1 finding from 1 review
Only Collins 2004 provided data: 6/122 participants had minor complications (three in each group); five required surgical removal of the locking plates and one post-operative malocclusion was managed with elastic…
1 study · 122 participants
GRADE not reported
Intervention not reported
Hospital length of stay (high‐risk surgical patients) · Adult patients in intensive care
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Perioperative bleeding requiring surgical intervention · patients with paediatric tonsillectomy
The intervention showed no clear difference in perioperative bleeding requiring surgical intervention (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review