Table 3.
GRADE Summary of Findings (SoF) table.
| Outcome | № of participants (studies) | Certainty of the evidence (GRADE) | Relative effect (95% CI) | Anticipated absolute effects |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Risk with control | Risk with intervention | ||||
| Mesh repair versus suture repair | 4094 (6 observational studies) |
⨁◯◯◯ VERY LOWa |
OR 1.34 (0.96–1.86) | 114 per 1 000 | 33 more per 1 000 (4 fewer to 79 more) |
| Clean-contaminated and contaminated Vs clean wound class | 33992 (3 observational studies) |
⨁◯◯◯ VERY LOWa |
OR 1.37 (0.40–4.69) | 37 per 1 000 | 13 more per 1 000 (22 fewer to 117 more) |
| Clean-contaminated Versuss and contaminated wound class | 4099 (4 observational studies) |
⨁◯◯◯ VERY LOWa |
OR 1.80 (0.96–3.36) | 89 per 1 000 | 61 more per 1 000 (3 fewer to 159 more) |
| Type of the Mesh | 1148 (4 observational studies) |
⨁◯◯◯ VERY LOWa |
OR 2.27 (1.26–4.09) | 150 per 1 000 | 135 more per 1 000 (50 more to 239 more) |
CI: Confidence interval; OR: Odds ratio.
a
Very low certainty: We have very little confidence in the effect estimate: The true effect is likely to be substantially different from the estimate of effect.