Intervention not reported
Surgical site infection within 30 days in trials with low risk of bias (14 days to 30 days) · surgical patients with need for abdominal, caesarean section, orthopaedic or breast surgery
The intervention showed no clear difference in surgical site infection within 30 days in trials with low risk of… (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Surgical site infection within 30 days, irrespective of risk of bias (14 days to 30 days) · surgical patients with need for abdominal, caesarean section, orthopaedic or breast surgery
The intervention showed no clear difference in surgical site infection within 30 days, irrespective of risk of bias… (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Risk of unintended postoperative admission to hospital, reported dichotomously as admission to an inpatient unit of a participant after an intended ambulatory surgical procedure · participants aged 6 months or older undergoing surgical procedures under general anaesthesia
Supplemental IV crystalloid showed no clear difference in risk of unintended postoperative admission to hospital, reported… compared with control IV crystalloid volume (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Intraoperative adverse surgical events attributable to choice of anaesthesia · adults undergoing phacoemulsification cataract surgery
Topical anaesthesia plus intracameral lidocaine showed no clear difference in intraoperative adverse surgical events attributable to choice of… compared with topical anaesthesia alone (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
OR 1 [0.32, 3.16]
Studies not reported
Low
Quality of surgical recovery assessed in any way (e.g. as a surgical recovery score) (during longest · adults receiving intravenous fluids while undergoing major non‐cardiac surgery
1 finding from 1 review
Persistent pain 3 to 18 months after thoracotomy (We defined persistent postsurgical pain as new pain that did not exist before the operation, measured using differences in scores based on validated pain scales; patient interview between 3 to 18 m... · Patients undergoing thoracotomy
Thoracic epidural anaesthesia probably leads to lower persistent pain 3 to 18 months after thoracotomy (We defined… compared with conventional pain control (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Persistent pain 3 to 12 months after breast cancer surgery (We defined persistent postsurgical pain as new pain that did not exist before the operation, measured using differences in scores based on validated pain scales; patient interview between... · women with breast cancer undergoing elective surgery
Regional anaesthesia may leads to lower persistent pain 3 to 12 months after breast cancer surgery (We… compared with conventional pain control (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Persistent pain 3 to 8 months after caesarean section (We defined persistent postsurgical pain as new pain that did not exist before the operation, measured using differences in scores based on validated pain scales; patient interview between 3 to... · women after caesarean section
The intervention probably leads to lower persistent pain 3 to 8 months after caesarean section (We defined… (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Persistent pain 3 to 55 months after iliac crest bone graft harvesting (We defined persistent postsurgical pain as new pain that did not exist before the operation, measured using differences in scores based on validated pain scales; patient inter... · people after iliac crest bone graft harvesting
The intervention showed no clear difference in persistent pain 3 to 55 months after iliac crest bone graft… (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Persistent pain 3 to 6 months after breast cancer surgery (We defined persistent postsurgical pain as new pain that did not exist before the operation, measured using differences in scores based on validated pain scales; patient interview between ... · women with breast cancer undergoing elective surgery
The intervention probably leads to lower persistent pain 3 to 6 months after breast cancer surgery (We… (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Surgical satisfaction · adults (aged ≥ 18 years) undergoing ophthalmic surgery under local anaesthetic eye blocks.
1 finding from 1 review
Quality of surgical field (0‐5 scales) · patients undergoing FESS
1 finding from 1 review
Infection and complications of the surgical wound · adults undergoing surgery
Active body surface warming systems may leads to lower infection and complications of the surgical wound compared with control (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Perioperative bleeding requiring surgical intervention · patients with paediatric tonsillectomy
The intervention showed no clear difference in perioperative bleeding requiring surgical intervention (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Perioperative bleeding requiring non‐surgical intervention · patients with paediatric tonsillectomy
The intervention showed no clear difference in perioperative bleeding requiring non‐surgical intervention (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Adequate surgical anaesthesia ‐ At 30 minutes post‐block assessment interval · patients with regional anaesthesia of the lower arm
infraclavicular block showed no clear difference in adequate surgical anaesthesia ‐ At 30 minutes post‐block assessment… compared with all other brachial plexus blocks (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Supplementation required for surgical anaesthesia · patients with regional anaesthesia of the lower arm
infraclavicular block showed no clear difference in supplementation required to achieve adequate surgical anaesthesia compared with all other brachial plexus blocks (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Onset time of adequate surgical anaesthesia (minutes) · patients with regional anaesthesia of the lower arm
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Postoperative delirium (POD) within 7 days (As assessed by any method such as the Mini‐Mental State Examination (MMSE) and Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) in the first week after operation) · adults aged 18 years or over undergoing general anaesthesia for non‐cardiac or non‐neurosurgical elective operations
The intervention probably leads to lower postoperative delirium (POD) within 7 days (As assessed by any… (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) (As determined by any method of assessing POCD including a battery of neuropsychological tests according to the criteria described by the International Study of Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction (ISPOCD)) · adults aged 18 years or over undergoing general anaesthesia for non‐cardiac or non‐neurosurgical elective operations
The intervention showed no clear difference in postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) (As determined by any… (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review