Table 2.
Perceived accuracy assessment by peripheral nerve block. FNr, false-negative rate; FPr, false-positive rate; TNr, true-negative rate; TPr, true-positive rate.
| Peripheral nerve block | True positive |
True negative |
False positive |
False negative |
Accuracy (TPr+TNr) | Total structures | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TPr | Structures | TNr | Structures | FPr | Structures | FNr | Structures | |||
| Interscalene-level brachial plexus block | 0.908 | 139 | 0.033 | 5 | 0.013 | 2 | 0.046 | 7 | 0.941 | 153 |
| Upper-trunk block | 0.896 | 69 | 0.013 | 1 | 0.052 | 4 | 0.039 | 3 | 0.909 | 77 |
| Supraclavicular-level brachial plexus block | 0.958 | 226 | 0.025 | 6 | 0.008 | 2 | 0.008 | 2 | 0.983 | 236 |
| Axillary-level brachial plexus block | 0.951 | 366 | 0.026 | 10 | 0.003 | 1 | 0.021 | 8 | 0.977 | 385 |
| Erector spinae plane block | 0.638 | 97 | 0.250 | 38 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.112 | 17 | 0.888 | 152 |
| Rectus sheath block | 0.968 | 149 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.032 | 5 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.968 | 154 |
| Suprainguinal fascia iliaca block | 0.702 | 106 | 0.060 | 9 | 0.219 | 33 | 0.020 | 3 | 0.762 | 151 |
| Adductor canal block | 0.872 | 136 | 0.032 | 5 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.096 | 15 | 0.904 | 156 |
| Popliteal-level sciatic nerve block | 0.875 | 140 | 0.106 | 17 | 0.006 | 1 | 0.013 | 2 | 0.981 | 160 |
| Average/total | 0.879 | 1428 | 0.056 | 91 | 0.030 | 48 | 0.035 | 57 | 0.935 | 1624 |