Blinded by certainties

Control group: most of the French practitioners have adopted the systemic route considering it as the standard of care. [...]the systemic dexamethasone group is the control group. [...]Abdallah’s opinion about the discordance between our results and recent meta-analysis is really surprising for us....

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Published in:	Regional anesthesia and pain medicine Vol. 44; no. 3; pp. 419 - 420
Main Authors:	Marty, Philippe, Rontes, Olivier, Chassery, Clement, Bataille, Benoit, Ferre, Fabrice, Delbos, Alain
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 01-03-2019 Copyright by American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine BMJ Publishing Group LTD
Subjects:	acute pain ambulatory Analgesics Ankle Dexamethasone Humans Hypotheses Meta-analysis Nerve Block Pain Pain, Postoperative postoperative pain PostScript Regional anesthesia Statistical analysis Surgery Systematic review truncal blocks ambulatory acute pain postoperative pain truncal blocks
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Summary:	Control group: most of the French practitioners have adopted the systemic route considering it as the standard of care. [...]the systemic dexamethasone group is the control group. [...]Abdallah’s opinion about the discordance between our results and recent meta-analysis is really surprising for us. [...]failing to detect statistical significance in the setting of a superiority trial does not mean that the results are ‘lost’. Perineural versus intravenous dexamethasone as an adjuvant for peripheral nerve blocks: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Bibliography:	Letter to the editor SourceType-Other Sources-1 content type line 63 ObjectType-Correspondence-1 ObjectType-Commentary-2
ISSN:	1098-7339 1532-8651
DOI:	10.1136/rapm-2018-100319