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Intraligamental injection local anaesthetic vs no treatment: Postoperative anxiety
- Population
- Children and young people aged 17 years or younger having dental treatment (including extractions) under general anaesthesia (secondary care)
- Intervention
- Intraligamental injection local anaesthetic
- Comparison
- no treatment
- Outcome
- Postoperative anxiety
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Intraligamental injection local anaesthetic vs No treatment Postoperative anxiety · 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 | Anand 2005 used the Venham Picture Scale but, owing to the split-mouth design, postoperative anxiety could not be compared between the LA and no-treatment sides | 1 study | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intraoperative local anaesthesia for reduction of postoperative pain following general anaesthesia for dental treatment in children and… 2014 · Cochrane All outcomes | 2014-01-02 | Not listed | Not assessed |
How reviews are matched to this question
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