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Evidence found and GRADE certainty

179 questions · 184 findings · 37 reviews

No studies found 34 · 18.5%GRADE not reported 6 · 3.3%Very low 56 · 30.4%Low 56 · 30.4%Moderate 23 · 12.5%High 9 · 4.9%

Regional (spinal, epidural, caudal) vs general anaesthesia

Use of post‐operative respiratory support · Preterm infants requiring surgery for inguinal hernia in early infancy

Regional (spinal, epidural, caudal) showed no clear difference in use of post‐operative respiratory support compared with general anaesthesia (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Regional (spinal, epidural, caudal) vs general anaesthesia

Post‐operative apnoea with preoperative sedatives excluded · Preterm infants requiring surgery for inguinal hernia in early infancy

Regional (spinal, epidural, caudal) probably leads to lower post‐operative apnoea with preoperative sedatives excluded compared with general anaesthesia (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Regional (spinal, epidural, caudal) vs general anaesthesia

Anaesthetic agent failure · Preterm infants requiring surgery for inguinal hernia in early infancy

Regional (spinal, epidural, caudal) may leads to higher anaesthetic agent failure compared with general anaesthesia (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Regional (spinal, epidural, caudal) vs general anaesthesia

Anaesthetic placement failure · Preterm infants requiring surgery for inguinal hernia in early infancy

Regional (spinal, epidural, caudal) showed no clear difference in anaesthetic placement failure compared with general anaesthesia (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Summary of findings table 4: refining rehabilitation: three months of postoperative night splinting with hand therapy vs hand therapy alone

Total active extension at 3 months Major outcome group 3 (early objective measurement) Total active extension (TAE) of MCPJ, PIPJ and DIPJ; higher value indicates loss of extension and a worse outcome · 210 participants with Dupuytren's disease of the fingers in 2 studies (225 digits reported across all studies) (Collis 2013;…
1 finding from 1 review

Vitrectomy vs vitreous tap biopsy and antibiotic injection

Improvement in visual acuity at 3 months' · people with endophthalmitis following intraocular surgery

It is very uncertain whether vitrectomy changes proportion of people with a visual acuity improvement of 10 letters… compared with vitreous tap biopsy and antibiotic injection (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review