Question · asked by 1 review
FNB (any type) vs local infiltration analgesia: Patient‐reported pain intensity or pain relief (VAS, NRS or categorical scale)
- Population
- patients with knee replacement surgery
- Intervention
- FNB (any type)
- Comparison
- local infiltration analgesia
- Outcome
- Patient‐reported pain intensity or pain relief (VAS, NRS or categorical scale)
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
FNB (any type) vs local infiltration analgesia Pain at rest at 24 hours Visual analogue scale Scale from zero to 10 · patients with knee replacement surgery Femoral nerve blocks for acute postoperative pain after knee replacement surgery (2014) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | no estimate extracted | 4 studies · 216 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Femoral nerve blocks for acute postoperative pain after knee replacement surgery 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | Not extracted | Not assessed |
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