Systematic review of spinal anaesthesia using bupivacaine for ambulatory knee arthroscopy G.S. Nair, A. Abrishami, J. Lermitte, F. Chung British Journal of Anaesthesia Volume 102, Issue 3, Pages 307-315 (March 2009) DOI: 10.1093/bja/aen389 Copyright © 2009 British Journal of Anaesthesia Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Flow chart of screened, excluded, and analysed papers. †The total number of the trials is not the sum of studies for each comparison. There is one study16 which includes two types of comparison. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2009 102, 307-315DOI: (10.1093/bja/aen389) Copyright © 2009 British Journal of Anaesthesia Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Recovery profile based on different doses of bupivacaine in the included trials. Each point indicates the mean (se) of time to discharge (min) in one study. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2009 102, 307-315DOI: (10.1093/bja/aen389) Copyright © 2009 British Journal of Anaesthesia Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Meta-analysis of the discharge times comparing bupivacaine plus adjuvant vs plain bupivacaine. The horizontal line with box shows the respective odds ratio (95% CI) for individual studies, and the dark diamond represents the pooled WMD. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2009 102, 307-315DOI: (10.1093/bja/aen389) Copyright © 2009 British Journal of Anaesthesia Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 Meta-analysis of the discharge times comparing bupivacaine unilateral vs bilateral positioning for spinal anaesthesia using bupivacaine in knee arthroscopy. The horizontal line with box shows the respective odds ratio (95% CI) for individual studies and the dark diamond represents the pooled WMD. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2009 102, 307-315DOI: (10.1093/bja/aen389) Copyright © 2009 British Journal of Anaesthesia Terms and Conditions