Cochrane · systematic review · CD006991
Surgical versus medical interventions for chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps
Rimmer, J, Fokkens, W, Chong, LY, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2014 · Cochrane Library
ENTAMSTAR 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
6
current version
GRADE rated
4
No studies
2
Included studies
NR
No studies 2 · 33.3%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 1 · 16.7%Low 3 · 50%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%
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
Comparison
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Patient‐reported disease‐specific symptom scores Symptom score with scale of 0 to 3 (0 = no symptoms, 3 = severe symptoms) | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 95 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, indirectness |
Health‐related quality of life scores, measured by SF‐36 (range 0 to 100) | MD 0.6 | 1 study · 95 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, indirectness |
Endoscopic appearances 0 to 3 (0 = no polyps, 3 = severe polyposis) | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 95 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, indirectness |
Complications | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 95 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, indirectness |
Objective physiological measures | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Olfactory tests | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |