Cochrane · systematic review · CD011354
Negative pressure wound therapy for treating leg ulcers
Dumville, JC, Land, L, Evans, D, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2015 · Cochrane Library
WoundsAMSTAR 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
3
current version
GRADE rated
2
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 1 · 33.3%Very low 0 · 0%Low 2 · 66.7%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
Negative pressure wound therapy compared to standard care for people with leg ulcers undergoing a punch skin‐graft
Population: people with leg ulcers undergoing a punch skin‐graft
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Time to healing Negative pressure wound therapy vs standard care | HR 3.2 [1.7, 6.2] | 1 study · 60 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, indirectness |
Proportion of wounds healed Negative pressure wound therapy vs standard care | RR 1 [0.91, 1.1] | 1 study · 60 participants | Low Downgraded: imprecision, indirectness |
Adverse events Negative pressure wound therapy vs standard care | no estimate extracted | 0 studies · 1 participants | Ungraded |