Peripheral nerve block vs neuraxial block: Patient‐reported pain intensity or pain relief (VAS, NRS or categorical scale)
Peripheral nerve block showed no clear difference in pain at rest on arrival in postoperative care unit Verbal/visual… compared with neuraxial block (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Peripheral nerve block vs neuraxial block Pain at rest on arrival in postoperative care unit Verbal/visual analogue scale. Scale from: 0 to 10 · adults undergoing elective primary total hip replacement Peripheral nerve block showed no clear difference in pain at rest on arrival in postoperative care unit Verbal/visual… compared with neuraxial block (moderate certainty). Nerve blocks or no nerve blocks for pain control after elective hip replacement (arthroplasty) surgery in… (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | SMD 0.39 | 4 studies · 118 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nerve blocks or no nerve blocks for pain control after elective hip replacement (arthroplasty) surgery in adults 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.