Technical success · people with infrapopliteal arterial lesions in chronic limb‐threatening ischaemia
PTA probably leads to higher technical success ITT No. of limbs: 476 (5 RCTs) compared with stent (moderate certainty).
2 findings from 1 review
OR 3 [1.14, 7.93]
Studies not reported
Moderate
OR 2.78 [1.04, 7.41]
Studies not reported
Moderate
Procedural complications · people with infrapopliteal arterial lesions in chronic limb‐threatening ischaemia
PTA showed no clear difference in procedural complications ITT No. of participants: 360 (5 RCTs) compared with stent (moderate certainty).
2 findings from 1 review
OR 0.87 [0.01, 53.6]
Studies not reported
Moderate
OR 0.84 [0.01, 47.7]
Studies not reported
Moderate
Primary patency ( · people with infrapopliteal arterial lesions in chronic limb‐threatening ischaemia
PTA showed no clear difference in primary patency < 6 months ITT No. of lesions: 456 (3 RCTs) compared with stent (moderate certainty).
2 findings from 1 review
OR 0.88 [0.37, 2.11]
Studies not reported
Moderate
OR 0.97 [0.32, 3]
Studies not reported
Moderate
Mortality TA No. of participants: 487 (6 RCTs) · people with infrapopliteal arterial lesions in chronic limb‐threatening ischaemia
PTA showed no clear difference in mortality TA No. of participants: 487 (6 RCTs) compared with stent (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
OR 0.7 [0.42, 1.15]
Studies not reported
Moderate
Frequency of attacks Per week (over 2 weeks) · primary Raynaud's phenomenon
1 finding from 1 review
Severity of attacks · primary Raynaud's phenomenon
1 finding from 1 review
Duration of attacks per day (minutes) · primary Raynaud's phenomenon
1 finding from 1 review
QoL · primary Raynaud's phenomenon
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Proportion of participants with adverse effects ‐ measured over 8 weeks · primary Raynaud's phenomenon
It is very uncertain whether selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors changes adverse events (over 4 weeks) compared with placebo (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
RCS · primary Raynaud's phenomenon
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Comfort, tolerance and acceptability of wearing stockings (1 week and up to 6 weeks' postpartumc) · people with varicose veins without venous ulceration
1 finding from 1 review
Comfort, tolerance and acceptability of wearing stockings (1 week and up to 6 weeks' postpartumc) · people with varicose veins without venous ulceration
1 finding from 1 review
Deep vein thrombosis · patients with prevention of deep vein thrombosis1
It is very uncertain whether knee length changes deep vein thrombosis (Fixed‐effect analysis) Venous duplex scan,… compared with thigh length graduated compression stockings (very low certainty).
3 findings from 1 review
OR 1.55 [0.78, 3.07]
3 studies · 496 participants
Very low
OR 1.32 [0.43, 4.06]
3 studies · 496 participants
Very low
no estimate extracted
3 studies · 496 participants
Very low