Ref (type)	Population	Outcome, Interventions	Results and statistical analysis	Effect size	Favours
Healing
[92] RCT	45 people	Healing rates 100% with surgery 96% with compression Absolute numbers not reported	Significance not assessed The RCT randomised legs rather than people
[92] RCT	45 people	Median time to complete healing 31 days with surgery 63 days with compression	P <0.005 The RCT randomised legs rather than people	Effect size not calculated	surgery
[93] RCT	170 people with venous leg ulcers	Proportion of ulcers healed 83% with subfacial endoscopic perforator surgery (SEPS) plus superficial venous surgery as required 73% with compression alone Absolute numbers not reported	P = 0.24		Not significant