Cochrane · systematic review · CD006291
Sub‐Tenon's anaesthesia versus topical anaesthesia for cataract surgery
Guay, J, Sales, K · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2015 · Cochrane Library
AnaesthesiaAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
5
current version
GRADE rated
5
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 2 · 40%Moderate 2 · 40%High 1 · 20%
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
Questions and results
Topical anaesthesia compared with sub‐Tenon's anaesthesia for cataract surgery
Population: patients with cataract surgery
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Intraoperative pain Topical anaesthesia vs sub‐Tenon's anaesthesia | no estimate extracted | 3 studies · 501 participants | High |
Pain during administration of anaesthesia Topical anaesthesia vs sub‐Tenon's anaesthesia | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 184 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Pain at 24 hours Topical anaesthesia vs sub‐Tenon's anaesthesia | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 200 participants | Moderate Downgraded: imprecision |
Surgeon's satisfaction Scale from 0 to 10 Topical anaesthesia vs sub‐Tenon's anaesthesia | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 200 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Participant satisfaction Topical anaesthesia vs sub‐Tenon's anaesthesia | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 26 participants | Moderate Downgraded: imprecision |