Wound infection · people undergoing surgery involving major abdominal incisions
Scalpel showed no clear difference in wound infection compared with electrosurgery (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Time to complete healing · people undergoing surgery involving major abdominal incisions
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Wound dehiscence · people undergoing surgery involving major abdominal incisions
It is very uncertain whether scalpel changes wound dehiscence compared with electrosurgery (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Postoperative pain · people undergoing surgery involving major abdominal incisions
1 finding from 1 review
Wound incision time (seconds) · people undergoing surgery involving major abdominal incisions
1 finding from 1 review
Wound‐related blood loss (mL) · people undergoing surgery involving major abdominal incisions
1 finding from 1 review
Adhesion or scar formation · people undergoing surgery involving major abdominal incisions
1 finding from 1 review
Pain (post‐treatment) VAS or LBPRS · patients four to six weeks after lumbar disc surgery
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
272 participants
Very low
Functional ability · patients four to six weeks after lumbar disc surgery
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
252 participants
Low
Functional status, long‐term · patients four to six weeks after lumbar disc surgery
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
226 participants
Low
Pain (short term) VAS · patients four to six weeks after lumbar disc surgery
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
103 participants
Very low
Function (short term) RDQ or ODI · patients four to six weeks after lumbar disc surgery
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
103 participants
Low
Functional ability · patients four to six weeks after lumbar disc surgery
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Pain (short term) VAS or five‐point box scale · patients four to six weeks after lumbar disc surgery
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
229 participants
Very low
Functional status, short‐term · patients four to six weeks after lumbar disc surgery
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
229 participants
Very low
Functional ability · patients four to six weeks after lumbar disc surgery
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Mortality within the longest · adults diagnosed with coronary artery disease or cardiac valve disease, and candidates for cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass
Prophylactic corticosteroids showed no clear difference in all‐cause mortality (during the index hospital admission, or within… compared with placebo or no corticosteroids (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Cardiac complications (as defined by study authors, including cardiac compromise and fatal and non‐fatal myocardial infarction, defined as ECG changes, echocardiological changes, or disproportionate elevation of troponins, during the index hospita... · adults diagnosed with coronary artery disease or cardiac valve disease, and candidates for cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass
Prophylactic corticosteroids may leads to higher cardiac complications (as defined by study authors, including… compared with placebo or no corticosteroids (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Pulmonary complications (as defined by study authors, including pneumonia, embolism, reduced pulmonary function, prolonged ventilation, and pleural effusion, during the index hospital admission) · adults diagnosed with coronary artery disease or cardiac valve disease, and candidates for cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass
Prophylactic corticosteroids may leads to lower pulmonary complications (as defined by study authors, including… compared with placebo or no corticosteroids (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Infectious complications · adults diagnosed with coronary artery disease or cardiac valve disease, and candidates for cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass
Prophylactic corticosteroids may leads to lower infectious complications (as defined by study authors, including… compared with placebo or no corticosteroids (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review