Cochrane · systematic review · CD010368

Use of hyaluronidase as an adjunct to local anaesthetic eye blocks to reduce intraoperative pain in adults

Rüschen, H, Aravinth, K, Bunce, C, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2018 · Cochrane Library

AnaesthesiaAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
6
current version
GRADE rated
4
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 2 · 33.3%Very low 0 · 0%Low 2 · 33.3%Moderate 2 · 33.3%High 0 · 0%

Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.

Questions and results

Use of hyaluronidase as an adjunct to local anaesthetic eye blocks to reduce intraoperative pain in adults

Population: adults (aged ≥ 18 years) undergoing ophthalmic surgery under local anaesthetic eye blocks.
6 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Intraoperative pain (reported dichotomous)
RR 0.83 [0.48, 1.42]4 studies · 289 participantsLow
Downgraded: inconsistency
Intraoperative pain (reported continuous)
no estimate extracted3 studies · 211 participantsLow
Downgraded: imprecision, inconsistency
Incidence of harm
no estimate extracted0 studies · 0 participantsUngraded
Participant satisfaction
no estimate extracted2 studies · 122 participantsModerate
Downgraded: imprecision, inconsistency
Surgical satisfaction
no estimate extracted3 studies · 141 participantsModerate
Downgraded: imprecision, inconsistency
Economic outcomes or cost calculations
no estimate extracted0 studies · 0 participantsUngraded