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Methodological quality summary: review authors' judgements about each methodological quality item for each included study.
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Methodological quality summary: review authors' judgements about each methodological quality item for each included study.

Comparison 1 Diabetic ulcers, Outcome 1 Healed at end of treatment (6 weeks).
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Analysis 1.1

Comparison 1 Diabetic ulcers, Outcome 1 Healed at end of treatment (6 weeks).

Comparison 1 Diabetic ulcers, Outcome 2 Healed at end of treatment. Best‐case..
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Analysis 1.2

Comparison 1 Diabetic ulcers, Outcome 2 Healed at end of treatment. Best‐case..

Comparison 1 Diabetic ulcers, Outcome 3 Healed at end of treatment. Worst‐case..
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Analysis 1.3

Comparison 1 Diabetic ulcers, Outcome 3 Healed at end of treatment. Worst‐case..

Comparison 1 Diabetic ulcers, Outcome 4 Healed at 6 months.
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Analysis 1.4

Comparison 1 Diabetic ulcers, Outcome 4 Healed at 6 months.

Comparison 1 Diabetic ulcers, Outcome 5 Healed at 6 months. Best‐case..
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Analysis 1.5

Comparison 1 Diabetic ulcers, Outcome 5 Healed at 6 months. Best‐case..

Comparison 1 Diabetic ulcers, Outcome 6 Healed at 6 months. Worst‐case..
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Analysis 1.6

Comparison 1 Diabetic ulcers, Outcome 6 Healed at 6 months. Worst‐case..

Comparison 1 Diabetic ulcers, Outcome 7 Healed at 1 year.
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Analysis 1.7

Comparison 1 Diabetic ulcers, Outcome 7 Healed at 1 year.

Comparison 1 Diabetic ulcers, Outcome 8 Healed at 1 year. Peto analysis method..
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Analysis 1.8

Comparison 1 Diabetic ulcers, Outcome 8 Healed at 1 year. Peto analysis method..

Comparison 1 Diabetic ulcers, Outcome 9 Healed at 1 year. Best‐case..
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Analysis 1.9

Comparison 1 Diabetic ulcers, Outcome 9 Healed at 1 year. Best‐case..

Comparison 1 Diabetic ulcers, Outcome 10 Healed at 1 year. Worst‐case..
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Analysis 1.10

Comparison 1 Diabetic ulcers, Outcome 10 Healed at 1 year. Worst‐case..

Comparison 1 Diabetic ulcers, Outcome 11 Major amputations.
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Analysis 1.11

Comparison 1 Diabetic ulcers, Outcome 11 Major amputations.

Comparison 1 Diabetic ulcers, Outcome 12 Major amputations. Best‐case..
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Analysis 1.12

Comparison 1 Diabetic ulcers, Outcome 12 Major amputations. Best‐case..

Comparison 1 Diabetic ulcers, Outcome 13 Major amputations. Worst‐case..
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Analysis 1.13

Comparison 1 Diabetic ulcers, Outcome 13 Major amputations. Worst‐case..

Comparison 1 Diabetic ulcers, Outcome 14 Major amputation subgroup by use of sham.
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Analysis 1.14

Comparison 1 Diabetic ulcers, Outcome 14 Major amputation subgroup by use of sham.

Comparison 1 Diabetic ulcers, Outcome 15 Minor amputations.
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Analysis 1.15

Comparison 1 Diabetic ulcers, Outcome 15 Minor amputations.

Comparison 1 Diabetic ulcers, Outcome 16 Minor amputations. Best‐case..
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Analysis 1.16

Comparison 1 Diabetic ulcers, Outcome 16 Minor amputations. Best‐case..

Comparison 1 Diabetic ulcers, Outcome 17 Minor amputations. Worst‐case..
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Analysis 1.17

Comparison 1 Diabetic ulcers, Outcome 17 Minor amputations. Worst‐case..

Comparison 1 Diabetic ulcers, Outcome 18 Transcutaneous oxygen tensions change after treatment.
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Analysis 1.18

Comparison 1 Diabetic ulcers, Outcome 18 Transcutaneous oxygen tensions change after treatment.

Comparison 1 Diabetic ulcers, Outcome 19 Absolute difference in transcutaneous oxygen at end of treatment.
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Analysis 1.19

Comparison 1 Diabetic ulcers, Outcome 19 Absolute difference in transcutaneous oxygen at end of treatment.

Comparison 1 Diabetic ulcers, Outcome 20 Ulcer area reduction (%).
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Analysis 1.20

Comparison 1 Diabetic ulcers, Outcome 20 Ulcer area reduction (%).

Comparison 1 Diabetic ulcers, Outcome 21 Quality of life ‐ SF‐36 physical summary score.
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Analysis 1.21

Comparison 1 Diabetic ulcers, Outcome 21 Quality of life ‐ SF‐36 physical summary score.

Comparison 1 Diabetic ulcers, Outcome 22 Quality of life ‐ SF‐36 mental summary score.
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Analysis 1.22

Comparison 1 Diabetic ulcers, Outcome 22 Quality of life ‐ SF‐36 mental summary score.

Comparison 2 Venous ulcers, Outcome 1 Healed at 18 weeks.
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Analysis 2.1

Comparison 2 Venous ulcers, Outcome 1 Healed at 18 weeks.

Comparison 2 Venous ulcers, Outcome 2 Healed at 18 weeks. Best‐case..
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Analysis 2.2

Comparison 2 Venous ulcers, Outcome 2 Healed at 18 weeks. Best‐case..

Comparison 2 Venous ulcers, Outcome 3 Healed at 18 weeks. Worst‐case..
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Analysis 2.3

Comparison 2 Venous ulcers, Outcome 3 Healed at 18 weeks. Worst‐case..

Comparison 2 Venous ulcers, Outcome 4 Wound size reduction at end treatment (6 weeks).
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Analysis 2.4

Comparison 2 Venous ulcers, Outcome 4 Wound size reduction at end treatment (6 weeks).

Comparison 2 Venous ulcers, Outcome 5 Wound size reduction at 18 weeks.
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Analysis 2.5

Comparison 2 Venous ulcers, Outcome 5 Wound size reduction at 18 weeks.

Comparison 3 Mixed ulcers types, Outcome 1 Healed at end of treatment (30 days).
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Analysis 3.1

Comparison 3 Mixed ulcers types, Outcome 1 Healed at end of treatment (30 days).

Comparison 3 Mixed ulcers types, Outcome 2 Major amputations.
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Analysis 3.2

Comparison 3 Mixed ulcers types, Outcome 2 Major amputations.

Comparison 3 Mixed ulcers types, Outcome 3 Periwound transcutaneous oxygen tensions at the end of treatment.
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Analysis 3.3

Comparison 3 Mixed ulcers types, Outcome 3 Periwound transcutaneous oxygen tensions at the end of treatment.

Comparison 3 Mixed ulcers types, Outcome 4 Ulcer area reduction (%).
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Analysis 3.4

Comparison 3 Mixed ulcers types, Outcome 4 Ulcer area reduction (%).

Summary of findings for the main comparison. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for chronic wounds

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for chronic wounds

Patient or population: patients with chronic wounds
Settings: inpatients and outpatients in a hyperbaric facility
Intervention: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Outcomes

Illustrative comparative risks* (95% CI)

Relative effect
(95% CI)

No of Participants
(studies)

Quality of the evidence
(GRADE)

Comments

Assumed risk

Corresponding risk

Control

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Diabetic ulcers healed at 1 year.
Follow‐up: 1 years

Study population

RR 9.53
(0.44 to 207.76)

212
(3 studies)

⊕⊕⊕⊝
moderate1,2,3

115 per 1000

1000 per 1000
(51 to 1000)

Low

0 per 1000

0 per 1000
(0 to 0)

High

0 per 1000

0 per 1000
(0 to 0)

Diabetic ulcers ‐ major amputations

Study population

RR 0.36
(0.11 to 1.18)

312
(5 studies)

⊕⊕⊕⊝
moderate2

247 per 1000

89 per 1000
(27 to 284)

Low

0 per 1000

0 per 1000
(0 to 0)

High

0 per 1000

0 per 1000
(0 to 0)

*The basis for the assumed risk (e.g. the median control group risk across studies) is provided in footnotes. The corresponding risk (and its 95% confidence interval) is based on the assumed risk in the comparison group and the relative effect of the intervention (and its 95% CI).
CI: Confidence interval; RR: Risk ratio;

GRADE Working Group grades of evidence
High quality: Further research is very unlikely to change our confidence in the estimate of effect.
Moderate quality: Further research is likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate of effect and may change the estimate.
Low quality: Further research is very likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate of effect and is likely to change the estimate.
Very low quality: We are very uncertain about the estimate.

1 Analysis comprises small studies, some with zero events in control arm
2 small sample size
3 very large effect: RR >5

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Summary of findings for the main comparison. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for chronic wounds
Table 1. Patients missing from final follow‐up

Study

Missing but included

Missing total

Per cent of entered

Khandelwal 2013

0

11

28%

Kaur 2012

0

0

0

Ma 2013

0

0

0

Doctor 1992

0

0

0

Faglia 1996a

0

2

3%

Lin 2001

0

0

0

Abidia 2003

0

2

11%

Hammarlund 1994

0

5

31%

Kessler 2003

0

1

<1%

Duzgun 2008

0

0

0

Londahl 2010

19

19

12% ‐ included in ITT

Wang 2011

0

9

10%

ITT: intention‐to‐treat

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Table 1. Patients missing from final follow‐up
Comparison 1. Diabetic ulcers

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 Healed at end of treatment (6 weeks) Show forest plot

5

205

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

2.35 [1.19, 4.62]

2 Healed at end of treatment. Best‐case. Show forest plot

5

216

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

4.61 [2.35, 9.08]

3 Healed at end of treatment. Worst‐case. Show forest plot

5

216

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.84 [0.51, 1.37]

4 Healed at 6 months Show forest plot

2

112

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

1.70 [0.90, 3.20]

5 Healed at 6 months. Best‐case. Show forest plot

2

112

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

2.71 [1.53, 4.83]

6 Healed at 6 months. Worst‐case. Show forest plot

2

112

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.93 [0.57, 1.54]

7 Healed at 1 year Show forest plot

3

212

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)

9.53 [0.44, 207.76]

8 Healed at 1 year. Peto analysis method. Show forest plot

3

212

Peto Odds Ratio (Peto, Fixed, 95% CI)

7.58 [4.33, 13.29]

9 Healed at 1 year. Best‐case. Show forest plot

3

212

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)

10.17 [0.47, 220.48]

10 Healed at 1 year. Worst‐case. Show forest plot

3

212

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)

6.55 [0.42, 101.71]

11 Major amputations Show forest plot

5

312

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)

0.36 [0.11, 1.18]

11.1 Subgroup (30+ treatments)

4

282

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)

0.40 [0.07, 2.23]

11.2 Subgroup (< 30 treatments)

1

30

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)

0.29 [0.07, 1.16]

12 Major amputations. Best‐case. Show forest plot

5

312

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.20 [0.10, 0.38]

13 Major amputations. Worst‐case. Show forest plot

5

312

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)

0.62 [0.13, 2.98]

14 Major amputation subgroup by use of sham Show forest plot

5

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

Subtotals only

14.1 Sham HBOT

2

112

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.47 [0.09, 2.44]

14.2 No sham

3

200

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.15 [0.06, 0.36]

15 Minor amputations Show forest plot

4

242

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)

0.76 [0.19, 3.10]

16 Minor amputations. Best‐case. Show forest plot

4

242

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)

0.55 [0.17, 1.75]

17 Minor amputations. Worst‐case. Show forest plot

4

242

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)

0.91 [0.21, 4.02]

18 Transcutaneous oxygen tensions change after treatment Show forest plot

1

68

Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)

9.0 [4.68, 13.32]

19 Absolute difference in transcutaneous oxygen at end of treatment Show forest plot

3

113

Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)

11.76 [5.68, 17.84]

20 Ulcer area reduction (%) Show forest plot

2

63

Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)

18.10 [1.40, 34.79]

21 Quality of life ‐ SF‐36 physical summary score Show forest plot

1

33

Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)

‐0.20 [‐8.58, 8.18]

22 Quality of life ‐ SF‐36 mental summary score Show forest plot

1

33

Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)

6.60 [‐3.93, 17.13]

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Comparison 1. Diabetic ulcers
Comparison 2. Venous ulcers

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 Healed at 18 weeks Show forest plot

1

16

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

5.0 [0.28, 90.18]

2 Healed at 18 weeks. Best‐case. Show forest plot

1

16

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

9.0 [0.56, 143.89]

3 Healed at 18 weeks. Worst‐case. Show forest plot

1

16

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.67 [0.15, 2.98]

4 Wound size reduction at end treatment (6 weeks) Show forest plot

1

16

Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)

33.0 [18.97, 47.03]

5 Wound size reduction at 18 weeks Show forest plot

1

11

Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)

29.60 [‐22.99, 82.19]

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Comparison 2. Venous ulcers
Comparison 3. Mixed ulcers types

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 Healed at end of treatment (30 days) Show forest plot

1

30

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

7.0 [0.39, 124.83]

2 Major amputations Show forest plot

1

30

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.2 [0.03, 1.51]

3 Periwound transcutaneous oxygen tensions at the end of treatment Show forest plot

1

30

Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)

12.90 [4.00, 21.80]

4 Ulcer area reduction (%) Show forest plot

1

30

Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)

61.88 [41.91, 81.85]

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Comparison 3. Mixed ulcers types