Table 7.
Results of treatment comparisons for postoperative 48 h.
| A | N = 1,−2.27 (−3.45;−1.09) | N = 1,0.38 (−0.55;1.31) | |||||||||||
| 0.12 (0.02,0.77) | B | N = 1,0.00 (−0.51;0.51) | |||||||||||
| 0.80 (0.10,6.17) | 6.51 (0.57,74.22) | C | N = 1,−0.80 (−1.32; −0.27) | ||||||||||
| 0.12 (0.03,0.44) | 1.00 (0.27,3.77) | 0.15 (0.02,1.18) | D | N = 1,−1.88 (−2.98; −0.78) | |||||||||
| 0.71 (0.19,2.57) | 5.76 (0.91,36.43) | 0.88 (0.18,4.34) | 5.76 (1.60,20.74) | E | N = 2,−0.64 (−0.98; −0.29) | N = 2,−0.53 (−1.58;0.53) | N = 1–0.34 (−0.84;0.16) | N = 1,−0.34 (−0.84;0.16) | |||||
| 2.73 (0.54,13.80) | 22.28 (2.76,179.75) | 3.42 (0.53,22.14) | 22.29 (4.45,111.72) | 3.87 (1.45,10.29) | F | ||||||||
| 1.81 (0.34,9.70) | 14.72 (1.74,124.72) | 2.26 (0.33,15.48) | 14.73 (2.76,78.59) | 2.56 (0.87,7.52) | 0.66 (0.15,2.83) | G | |||||||
| 0.80 (0.08,8.00) | 6.51 (0.46,92.69) | 1.00 (0.16,6.17) | 6.52 (0.65,64.99) | 1.13 (0.17,7.65) | 0.29 (0.03,2.50) | 0.44 (0.05,3.99) | H | N = 1,−0.93 (−1.53; −0.33) | |||||
| 1.96 (0.22,17.14) | 16.01 (1.27,202.40) | 2.46 (0.48,12.67) | 16.01 (1.84,139.19) | 2.78 (0.49,15.89) | 0.72 (0.10,5.31) | 1.09 (0.14,8.47) | 2.46 (0.35,17.34) | I | N = 1,−0.94 (−1.47; −0.40) | ||||
| 0.44 (0.08,2.55) | 3.57 (0.40,32.22) | 0.55 (0.19,1.56) | 3.57 (0.62,20.64) | 0.62 (0.19,2.06) | 0.16 (0.03,0.75) | 0.24 (0.05,1.22) | 0.55 (0.12,2.43) | 0.22 (0.06,0.79) | J | N = 1,0.03 (−0.59;0.65) | N = 1,0.18 (−0.54;0.90) | ||
| 1.29 (0.19,8.54) | 10.50 (1.05,105.29) | 1.61 (0.20,13.27) | 10.50 (1.59,69.19) | 1.82 (0.46,7.27) | 0.47 (0.09,2.57) | 0.71 (0.12,4.12) | 1.61 (0.15,17.07) | 0.66 (0.07,6.07) | 2.94 (0.47,18.35) | K | |||
| 0.42 (0.04,4.32) | 3.40 (0.23,49.82) | 0.52 (0.08,3.35) | 3.40 (0.33,35.09) | 0.59 (0.08,4.16) | 0.15 (0.02,1.36) | 0.23 (0.02,2.15) | 0.52 (0.06,4.45) | 0.21 (0.03,1.56) | 0.95 (0.20,4.44) | 0.32 (0.03,3.55) | L | ||
| 0.40 (0.05,3.07) | 3.23 (0.28,36.93) | 0.50 (0.11,2.18) | 3.24 (0.42,24.93) | 0.56 (0.11,2.76) | 0.15 (0.02,0.94) | 0.22 (0.03,1.51) | 0.50 (0.17,1.43) | 0.20 (0.04,1.04) | 0.91 (0.32,2.58) | 0.31 (0.04,2.54) | 0.95 (0.15,6.13) | M | N = 1,−0.38 (−0.99;0.23) |
| 0.65 (0.06,7.19) | 5.33 (0.35,82.37) | 0.82 (0.12,5.68) | 5.33 (0.49,58.46) | 0.93 (0.12,7.01) | 0.24 (0.03,2.27) | 0.36 (0.04,3.60) | 0.82 (0.16,4.22) | 0.33 (0.04,2.62) | 1.49 (0.29,7.63) | 0.51 (0.04,5.90) | 1.57 (0.17,14.80) | 1.65 (0.47,5.76) | N |
1. Lower-left triangle presents the findings (MD with 95%CI) of the network meta-analysis conducted using Stata 15.1. Upper-right triangle presents the findings (SMD with 95% CI) of the pair-wise meta-analyses conducted using STATA 15.1 and N refers to the numbers of RCTs which compared the 2 interventions directly. 3. A positive MD favors the lower-right intervention; a negative MD favors the upper-left intervention. 4. Statistically significant findings are shaded. A, CEB (cervical epidural block); B, EA (external application); C, HTESPB (high thoracic erector spinae plane block); D, IAI (intra-articular injection); E, INB (interscalene nerve block); F, INB+IAI (interscalene nerve block + intra-articular injection); G, INB+IVA (interscalene nerve block + intravenous administration); H, INB+SSNB (interscalene nerve block + suprascapular nerve block); I, OA (oral administration); J, PL (placebo); K, SCNB (supraclavicular nerve block); L, SGB (stellate ganglion block); M, SSNB (suprascapular nerve block); N, SSNB+ANB (suprascapular nerve block + axillary nerve block).
Red represents the code of intervention measures and green represents the significant difference between two intervention measures with statistical significance.