Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

45 questions · 56 findings · 6 reviews · Vascular

No studies found 3 · 5.4%GRADE not reported 4 · 7.1%Very low 17 · 30.4%Low 19 · 33.9%Moderate 9 · 16.1%High 4 · 7.1%

months' patency rate · 52 people with TASC‐II D superficial femoral artery chronic total occlusions

OUTBACK re‐entry catheter showed no clear difference in months' patency rate compared with manual re‐entry (low certainty).

2 findings from 1 review

Subintimal angioplasty for lower limb arterial chronic total occlusions 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.04 [0.94, 1.15]
1 study · 52 participants
Low
Subintimal angioplasty for lower limb arterial chronic total occlusions 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.09 [0.9, 1.33]
1 study · 52 participants
Low

Primary patency ( · 52 people with TASC‐II D superficial femoral artery chronic total occlusions

2 findings from 1 review

Subintimal angioplasty for lower limb arterial chronic total occlusions 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 52 participants
GRADE not reported
Subintimal angioplasty for lower limb arterial chronic total occlusions 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 52 participants
GRADE not reported

Limb salvage · 52 people with TASC‐II D superficial femoral artery chronic total occlusions

1 finding from 1 review

Subintimal angioplasty for lower limb arterial chronic total occlusions 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 52 participants
GRADE not reported

Complications · 52 people with TASC‐II D superficial femoral artery chronic total occlusions

1 finding from 1 review

Subintimal angioplasty for lower limb arterial chronic total occlusions 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 52 participants
Low

Clinical improvement · 52 people with TASC‐II D superficial femoral artery chronic total occlusions

1 finding from 1 review

Subintimal angioplasty for lower limb arterial chronic total occlusions 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 52 participants
GRADE not reported