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52 questions · 52 findings · 5 reviews · Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders

No studies found 16 · 30.8%GRADE not reported 1 · 1.9%Very low 13 · 25%Low 13 · 25%Moderate 9 · 17.3%High 0 · 0%

Surgery vs preoperative pharmacological therapy and surgery

Disease‐related complications Intubation difficulties requiring postponement of surgery · adults with growth‐hormone secreting pituitary adenomas

It is very uncertain whether surgery alone changes disease‐related complications Intubation difficulties requiring… compared with preoperative pharmacological therapy and surgery (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Surgery vs Pharmacological therapy

Health‐related quality of life Mean AcroQoL score (0‐100) · adults with growth‐hormone secreting pituitary adenomas

Surgery alone showed no clear difference in health‐related quality of life Mean AcroQoL score (0‐100) compared with pharmacological therapy alone (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Summary of findings: insulin detemir vs Insulin glargin (control)

Percentage of participants having at least one severe hypoglycaemic event · patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Insulin detemir (intervention) showed no clear difference in percentage of participants having at least one severe hypoglycaemic… compared with insulin glargin (control) (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Summary of findings: insulin detemir vs Insulin glargin (control)

Percentage of participants having at least one hypoglycaemic event · patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Insulin detemir (intervention) showed no clear difference in percentage of participants having at least one hypoglycaemic event compared with insulin glargin (control) (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Summary of findings: insulin detemir vs Insulin glargin (control)

Injection‐site reaction Rates of patients · patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Insulin detemir (intervention) may leads to higher percentage of participants having at least one injection site reaction compared with insulin glargin (control) (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Surgery vs preoperative pharmacological therapy and surgery

Adverse events · adults with growth‐hormone secreting pituitary adenomas

It is very uncertain whether surgery alone changes adverse events compared with preoperative pharmacological therapy and surgery (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Surgery vs preoperative pharmacological therapy and surgery

Surgery for recurrent or persistent disease · adults with growth‐hormone secreting pituitary adenomas

It is very uncertain whether surgery alone changes surgery for recurrent or persistent disease compared with preoperative pharmacological therapy and surgery (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Surgery vs preoperative pharmacological therapy and surgery

Non‐surgical therapy for recurrent or persistent diseaseRadiation therapy and/or pharmacologic therapy for recurrent or persistent disease · adults with growth‐hormone secreting pituitary adenomas

It is very uncertain whether surgery alone changes non‐surgical therapy for recurrent or persistent diseaseRadiation… compared with preoperative pharmacological therapy and surgery (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review