Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

3 questions · 3 findings · 1 reviews

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 2 · 66.7%High 1 · 33.3%

Maternal nausea and/or vomiting · patients with knee replacement surgery

FNB (any type) probably leads to lower nausea and/or vomiting compared with epidural analgesia (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Femoral nerve blocks for acute postoperative pain after knee replacement surgery 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.63 [0.41, 0.97]
4 studies · 183 participants
Moderate

Maternal nausea and/or vomiting · patients with knee replacement surgery

FNB (any type) showed no clear difference in nausea and/or vomiting compared with local infiltration analgesia (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Femoral nerve blocks for acute postoperative pain after knee replacement surgery 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.71 [0.64, 4.62]
3 studies · 177 participants
Moderate

Maternal nausea and/or vomiting · patients with knee replacement surgery

FNB (any type) leads to lower nausea and/or vomiting compared with PCA opioid (high certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Femoral nerve blocks for acute postoperative pain after knee replacement surgery 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.47 [0.33, 0.68]
16 studies · 1100 participants
High