VATS vs thoracostomy drainage
Mortality: children · children and adults with pleural empyema
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted5 studies · 271 participantsModerate
Findings
What do systematic reviews say?
1,938 questions · 1,994 findings · 246 reviews · Headline outcomes only
No studies found 490 · 24.6%GRADE not reported 71 · 3.6%Very low 669 · 33.6%Low 446 · 22.4%Moderate 264 · 13.2%High 54 · 2.7%
VATS vs thoracostomy drainage
Mortality: adults · children and adults with pleural empyema
VATS showed no clear difference in mortality: adults compared with thoracostomy drainage (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- OR 0.8 [0.04, 14.89]2 studies · 90 participantsModerate
VATS vs thoracostomy drainage
Length of hospital stay · children and adults with pleural empyema
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted5 studies · 231 participantsModerate
VATS vs thoracostomy drainage
Procedural complications · children and adults with pleural empyema
VATS showed no clear difference in procedural complications compared with thoracostomy drainage (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- OR 0.46 [0.08, 2.75]5 studies · 271 participantsModerate
Inferior oblique disinsertion vs anterior transposition
Proportion of participants with postoperative hypertropia less than 3 PD in down gaze · people with unilateral superior oblique palsy
1 finding from 1 review
- Surgical interventions for vertical strabismus in superior oblique palsy 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extracted1 study · 22 participantsGRADE not reported
Inferior oblique disinsertion vs anterior transposition
Proportion of participants with postoperative hypertropia less than 3 PD in contralateral gaze · people with unilateral superior oblique palsy
1 finding from 1 review
- Surgical interventions for vertical strabismus in superior oblique palsy 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extracted1 study · 22 participantsModerate
Inferior oblique disinsertion vs anterior transposition
Proportion of participants who received additional strabismus surgery · people with unilateral superior oblique palsy
It is very uncertain whether inferior oblique disinsertion changes proportion of participants who received additional strabismus surgery compared with anterior transposition (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Surgical interventions for vertical strabismus in superior oblique palsy 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 7 [0.4, 121.39]1 study · 22 participantsVery low
Inferior oblique disinsertion vs anterior transposition
Proportion of participants with reversal of vertical deviation postoperatively · people with unilateral superior oblique palsy
1 finding from 1 review
- Surgical interventions for vertical strabismus in superior oblique palsy 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extracted1 study · 22 participantsGRADE not reported
Inferior oblique disinsertion vs anterior transposition
Proportion of participants with postoperative orbital cellulitis · people with unilateral superior oblique palsy
1 finding from 1 review
- Surgical interventions for vertical strabismus in superior oblique palsy 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extracted1 study · 22 participantsGRADE not reported
Inferior oblique myectomy vs recession
Proportion of participants with anomalous head position preoperatively with residual head tilt postoperatively · people with symptom‐producing and/or socially noticeable unilateral overacting inferior oblique muscle; all participants had longstanding…
1 finding from 1 review
- Surgical interventions for vertical strabismus in superior oblique palsy 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extracted1 study · 23 participantsGRADE not reported
Inferior oblique myectomy vs recession
Proportion of participants with postoperative hypertropia less than 3 PD in down gaze · people with symptom‐producing and/or socially noticeable unilateral overacting inferior oblique muscle; all participants had longstanding…
1 finding from 1 review
- Surgical interventions for vertical strabismus in superior oblique palsy 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extracted1 study · 23 participantsGRADE not reported
Inferior oblique myectomy vs recession
Proportion of participants with postoperative hypertropia less than 3 PD in contralateral gaze · people with symptom‐producing and/or socially noticeable unilateral overacting inferior oblique muscle; all participants had longstanding…
1 finding from 1 review
- Surgical interventions for vertical strabismus in superior oblique palsy 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extracted1 study · 23 participantsGRADE not reported
Inferior oblique myectomy vs recession
Proportion of participants who received additional strabismus surgery · people with symptom‐producing and/or socially noticeable unilateral overacting inferior oblique muscle; all participants had longstanding…
1 finding from 1 review
- Surgical interventions for vertical strabismus in superior oblique palsy 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extracted1 study · 23 participantsGRADE not reported
Inferior oblique myectomy vs recession
Proportion of participants with reversal of vertical deviation postoperatively · people with symptom‐producing and/or socially noticeable unilateral overacting inferior oblique muscle; all participants had longstanding…
1 finding from 1 review
- Surgical interventions for vertical strabismus in superior oblique palsy 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extracted1 study · 23 participantsGRADE not reported
Inferior oblique myectomy vs recession
Proportion of participants with postoperative orbital cellulitis · people with symptom‐producing and/or socially noticeable unilateral overacting inferior oblique muscle; all participants had longstanding…
1 finding from 1 review
- Surgical interventions for vertical strabismus in superior oblique palsy 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extracted1 study · 23 participantsGRADE not reported
Inferior oblique disinsertion vs anterior transposition
Proportion of participants with anomalous head position preoperatively with residual head tilt postoperatively · people with unilateral superior oblique palsy
It is very uncertain whether inferior oblique disinsertion changes proportion of participants with anomalous head position… compared with anterior transposition (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Surgical interventions for vertical strabismus in superior oblique palsy 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 7 [0.4, 121.39]1 study · 22 participantsVery low
Mupirocin ointment vs placebo
Surgical site infection · S aureus carriers undergoing cardiac surgery
Mupirocin showed no clear difference in SSI compared with placebo (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Nasal decontamination for the prevention of surgical site infection in Staphylococcus aureus carriers 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 1.6 [0.79, 3.25]1 study · 257 participantsLow
Mupirocin ointment vs placebo
S aureus SSI · S aureus carriers undergoing cardiac surgery
Mupirocin showed no clear difference in S aureus SSI compared with placebo (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Nasal decontamination for the prevention of surgical site infection in Staphylococcus aureus carriers 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 1.22 [0.34, 4.44]1 study · 257 participantsLow
Mupirocin ointment vs placebo
All‐cause mortality · S aureus carriers undergoing cardiac surgery
Mupirocin showed no clear difference in mortality compared with placebo (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Nasal decontamination for the prevention of surgical site infection in Staphylococcus aureus carriers 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 0.78 [0.21, 2.84]1 study · 257 participantsLow
Mupirocin ointment vs placebo
Adverse events · S aureus carriers undergoing cardiac surgery
1 finding from 1 review
- Nasal decontamination for the prevention of surgical site infection in Staphylococcus aureus carriers 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extracted1 study · 257 participantsGRADE not reported