Review Article
Nonpharmacological Complementary Interventions for the Management of Pain after Third Molar Surgery: An Umbrella Review of Current Meta-Analyses
Table 2
Treatment effects of different complementary interventions.
| Authors | Complementary intervention | Outcome | Method of measurement | TE | Lower limit | Upper limit | Intervention (no.) | Control (no.) | Overall SMD | Overall SE |
| Nascimento-Júnior et al. | CT | Early pain 48 h | MD | −0.72 | −1.45 | 0.01 | 64 | 60 | −0.470 | 0.136 | Early pain 72 h | −0.36 | −0.59 | −0.13 | 52 | 48 | Liu et al. | SD | Early pain | SMD | −0.55 | −1.00 | −0.10 | 135 | 134 | −0.55 | 0.229 | Canellas et al. | PRF | Early pain 48 h | SMD | −0.42 | −1.04 | 0.21 | 75 | 75 | −0.512 | 0.214 | Early pain 72 h | −0.59 | −1.16 | −0.02 | 141 | 141 | Ramos et al. | L−PRF | Early pain 72 h | MD | −1.07 | −1.53 | −0.60 | 67 | 67 | −0.786 | 0.179 | Vitenson et al. | A-PRF | Early pain 48 h | MD | −1.68 | −1.889 | −1.465 | 27 | 27 | −3.86 | 0.279 | Early pain 72 h | −1.21 | −1.342 | −1.071 | 47 | 47 | Maria de Souza et al. | HAA | Early pain 72 h | MD | −0.68 | −1.20 | −0.17 | 104 | 108 | −0.358 | 0.138 | Chaudhry et al. | OT | Early pain 72 h | MD | −2.93 | −3.77 | −2.08 | 133 | 133 | −0.837 | 0.128 | Firoozi et al. | KT | Early pain 48 h | MD | −1.99 | −2.68 | −1.29 | 120 | 120 | −0.560 | 0.082 | Early pain 72 h | −1.45 | −2.10 | −0.81 | 188 | 188 | Dawdy et al. | LLLT | Early pain | MD | −1.42 | −2.18 | −0.67 | 280 | 260 | −0.318 | 0.087 | De Barros et al. | LLLT | Early pain 48 h | MD | −0.59 | −0.92 | −0.27 | 240 | 245 | −0.324 | 0.091 | Nascimento−Júnior et al. | CT | Late pain | MD | −0.46 | −1.28 | 0.37 | 82 | 78 | −0.174 | 0.158 | Liu et al. | SD | Late pain | SMD | −0.13 | −0.38 | 0.12 | 168 | 167 | −0.13 | 0.127 | Canellas et al. | PRF | Late pain | SMD | −1.03 | −1.58 | −0.49 | 30 | 30 | −1.03 | 0.272 | Ramos et al. | L−PRF | Late pain | SMD | −1.02 | −2.34 | 0.30 | 67 | 67 | −1.02 | 0.667 | Vitenson et al. | A−PRF | Late pain | MD | −1.89 | −2.92 | −0.86 | 57 | 57 | −0.68 | 0.193 | Maria de Souza et al. | HAA | Late pain | MD | −0.36 | −0.64 | −0.09 | 124 | 128 | −0.325 | 0.127 | Chaudhry et al. | OT | Late pain | MD | −1.22 | −1.67 | −0.78 | 113 | 113 | −0.719 | 0.137 | Firoozi et al. | KT | Late pain | MD | −1.25 | −2.59 | 0.08 | 158 | 158 | −0.207 | 0.113 | Dawdy et al. | LLLT | Late pain | MD | −0.59 | −0.96 | −0.22 | 280 | 260 | −0.27 | 0.087 | De Barros et al. | LLLT | Late pain | MD | −0.76 | −1.21 | −0.32 | 252 | 255 | −0.298 | 0.089 |
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MD: mean difference; SMD: standardized mean difference; TE: treatment effect; SE: standard error.
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