Table 4 Secondary outcomes of meta-analyses in included randomized controlled trials.

From: Adductor canal block versus femoral nerve block for total knee arthroplasty: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Variables

Studies (n)

Patients (n)

Overall Effect

Heterogeneity P Value (I2)

Model

P value

MD/OR (95% CI)

Clinical outcomes

 ROM

24 h

4

355

<0.0001 *

5.12 (2.80, 7.45)

0.35 (9%)

F

48 h

4

257

0.001 *

8.39 (3.35, 13.44)

0.08 (60%)

R

48 h *

3

197

<0.0001 *

11.10 (6.80, 15.40)

0.84 (0%)

F

72 h

3

197

<0.0001 *

9.23 (6.45, 12.01)

0.30 (8%)

F

 Patients able to perform TUG test

<24 h

3

226

<0.0001 *

23.14 (5.33, 100.37)

0.91 (0%)

F

48 h

2

121

0.58

1.19 (0.06, 24.85)

0.06 (72%)

R

72 h

2

121

0.09

0.37 (0.12, 1.17)

0.45 (0%)

F

 Patients satisfaction

<24 h

3

194

0.28

0.13 (−0.11, 0.37)

0.77 (0%)

F

48 h

3

194

0.79

−0.15 (−1.29, 0.98)

0.02 (73%)

R

72 h

2

101

0.91

0.11 (−1.75, 1.97)

0.02 (82%)

R

 TUG test

5

272

0.08

−35.89 (−76.35, 4.58)

<0.0001 (98%)

R

 TUG test *

4

174

0.09

−12.19 (−26.47, 2.09)

0.15 (44%)

F

 The time to SLR

3

195

0.13

−2.19 (−5.02, 0.65)

0.05 (75%)

R

 Tourniquet time

3

188

0.66

−1.19 (−6.39, 4.02)

0.62 (0%)

F

 Hospital stay

3

271

0.18

−0.86 (−2.11, 0.40)

0.02 (82%)

R

 Opioid consumption

5

332

0.62

−2.93 (−14.47, 8.61)

0.007 (72%)

R

 Opioid consumption*

4

283

0.39

2.56 (−3.24, 8.37)

0.76 (0%)

F

Complications

 Falls risk

7

471

0.003 *

0.30 (0.13, 0.67)

0.75 (0%)

F

 Nausea or vomiting

4

309

0.98

1.01 (0.42, 2.45)

0.88 (0%)

F

 Pruritus

3

221

0.69

1.15 (0.57, 2.32)

0.94 (0%)

F

 Urinary retention

3

229

0.63

1.22 (0.54, 2.74)

0.97 (0%)

F

  1. ROM, range of motion; SLR, straight leg raising; MD, mean differences; OR, odds ratio; F, fixed-model effect; R, random-model effect; TUG, timed-Up-and-Go.
  2. * P values in bold denotes significance.