Question · asked by 1 review

Infiltration injection local anaesthetic vs no treatment or placebo: Intraoperative or postoperative bleeding

Population
Children and young people aged 17 years or younger having dental treatment (including extractions) under general anaesthesia (secondary care)
Intervention
Infiltration injection local anaesthetic
Comparison
no treatment or placebo
Outcome
Intraoperative or postoperative bleeding

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Infiltration injection local anaesthetic vs No treatment or placebo
Intraoperative or postoperative bleeding · Children and young people aged 17 years or younger having dental treatment (including extractions) under general…
Intraoperative local anaesthesia for reduction of postoperative pain following general anaesthesia for… (2014) · Cochrane All outcomes
Because of substantial clinical and methodological heterogeneity in the studies, we were unable to determine an estimate of effect2 studies · 174 participantsVery low

Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.

The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Intraoperative local anaesthesia for reduction of postoperative pain following general anaesthesia for dental treatment in children and…
2014 · Cochrane All outcomes
2014-01-02Not listedNot assessed
How reviews are matched to this question

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