Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

86 questions · 97 findings · 12 reviews

No studies found 14 · 14.4%GRADE not reported 4 · 4.1%Very low 31 · 32%Low 29 · 29.9%Moderate 15 · 15.5%High 4 · 4.1%

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

OUTBACK re‐entry catheter showed no clear difference in technical success rate compared with manual re‐entry (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Subintimal angioplasty for lower limb arterial chronic total occlusions 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1 [0.93, 1.08]
1 study · 52 participants
Low

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