Table 1 The GRADE evidence quality for main outcomes
Quality assessment | No of patients | |||||||||
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No of Studies | Design | Risk of bias | Inconsistency | Indirectness | Imprecision | Other considerations | QL block groups | TAP block groups | Effect | Quality |
Postoperative pain scores at 2 h | ||||||||||
3 | RCT | No serious risk of bias | serious | No serious indirectness | No serious imprecision | None | 90 | 90 | SMD = −1.76 95%CI: (−2.63 to −0.89) | Moderate |
Postoperative pain scores at 4 h | ||||||||||
6 | RCT | No serious risk of bias | serious | No serious indirectness | No serious imprecision | None | 199 | 198 | SMD = −0.74 95%CI: (−1.34 to − 0.14) | Moderate |
Postoperative pain scores at 6 h | ||||||||||
4 | RCT | No serious risk of bias | serious | No serious indirectness | No serious imprecision | None | 144 | 143 | SMD = −1.24 95%CI: (−2.31 to −0.17) | Moderate |
Postoperative pain scores at 12 h | ||||||||||
7 | RCT | No serious risk of bias | serious | No serious indirectness | No serious imprecision | None | 253 | 251 | SMD = −0.70 95%CI:(−1.27 to − 0.13) | Moderate |
Postoperative pain scores at 24 h | ||||||||||
7 | RCT | No serious risk of bias | serious | No serious indirectness | No serious imprecision | None | 253 | 251 | SMD = −0.60 95%CI: (−1.21 to 0) | Moderate |