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Evidence found and GRADE certainty

3,097 questions · 3,266 findings · 631 reviews

No studies found 430 · 13.2%GRADE not reported 193 · 5.9%Very low 995 · 30.5%Low 904 · 27.7%Moderate 591 · 18.1%High 153 · 4.7%

Pressure‐garment therapy (PGT) vs no treatment/lanolin

Scar improvement (POSAS) (0–10, higher score = more severe scarring) · people with burn wounds likely to develop hypertrophic scarring
2 findings from 1 review

Pressure‐garment therapy (PGT) plus silicone vs no treatment/lanolin

Scar improvement (POSAS) (0–10, higher score = more severe scarring) · people with burn wounds likely to develop hypertrophic scarring
2 findings from 1 review

Pressure‐garment therapy (PGT) plus silicone vs silicone

Scar improvement (POSAS) (0–10, higher score = more severe scarring) · people with burn wounds likely to develop hypertrophic scarring
2 findings from 1 review

Pressure‐garment therapy (PGT) plus scar management therapy including silicone vs scar management therapy including silicone

Scar improvement (POSAS) (0–10, higher score = more severe scarring) · people with burn wounds likely to develop hypertrophic scarring
2 findings from 1 review

Different types of pressure garment (Caroskin Tricot plus an adhesive silicone gel sheet vs Gecko Nanoplast

Scar improvement (POSAS) (0–10, higher score = more severe scarring) · people with burn wounds likely to develop hypertrophic scarring

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

2 findings from 1 review

Pressure‐garment therapy (PGT) vs silicone

Scar improvement (POSAS) (0–10, higher score = more severe scarring) · people with burn wounds likely to develop hypertrophic scarring
2 findings from 1 review