Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

4 questions · 4 findings · 1 reviews

No studies found 2 · 50%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 1 · 25%Low 1 · 25%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

The findings closest to your search, judged one by one by TypeSafe's Jev model.

Wound complications · surgical patients

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review

Preoperative hair removal to reduce surgical site infection 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found

Length of stay · surgical patients

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review

Preoperative hair removal to reduce surgical site infection 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found

Costs · surgical patients

1 finding from 1 review

Preoperative hair removal to reduce surgical site infection 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 267 participants
Very low

Surgical site infection · surgical patients

Depilatory cream showed no clear difference in surgical site infection (SSI) compared with no hair removal (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Preoperative hair removal to reduce surgical site infection 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.02 [0.45, 2.31]
1 study · 267 participants
Low