Table 3.
Quantitative Data Synthesis | Heterogeneity | ||||||
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Study | PRP Group (n) | TrA Group (n) | Effect Size | 95% CI | p Value | I2 | T2 |
Overall Effect | 102 | 99 | −2.04 | [−4.72; 0.65] | 0.14 | 80.4% | 2.24 |
Leave-one-out sensitivity analysis | |||||||
Albalat, 2019 [15] | 62 | 59 | −3.79 | [−5.75; −1.83] | 0.001 | 0.0% | 0.04 |
Fawzy, 2020 [17] | 85 | 85 | −2.15 | [−5.14; 0.83] | 0.15 | 87.0% | 5.57 |
Hegde, 2020 [18] | 77 | 74 | −1.94 | [−5.62; 1.73] | 0.30 | 85.0% | 7.32 |
Kapoor, 2020 [19] | 82 | 79 | −0.57 | [−2.54; 1.41] | 0.57 | 9.0% | 1.29 |
PRP: platelet-rich plasma; TrA: triamcinolone acetonide; CI: confidence interval.