Increased homogeneity between studies will allow for more convincing meta-analyses which could provide guidance for clinical practice.
Direct comparisons showed some evidence of reduced rates of dissatisfaction with bipolar radio frequency ablation compared with thermal balloon ablation (0.39, 0.16 to 0.91; P=0.03) (table 4), though this difference was not as convincing in the network meta-analysis (0.56, 0.28 to 1.09; P=0.09).
These meta-analyses often yield convincing, contradictory or no proof of effectiveness.
First, we searched all possible publications, and the total number of eligible studies was much larger than other previously published meta-analyses; therefore, our results are more convincing.
No abstract or paper could be found that involved this intervention in an RCT, systematic review or meta-analysis and the committee did not unanimously agree that there was convincing non-RCT evidence to support it.
We hope that our data set will be valuable in the future meta-analyses that are likely to identify further common variants for psychotic illnesses with convincing statistical evidence.
Convincing Performance...
Our systematic review and meta-analysis demonstrate that the evidence for acupuncture as a symptomatic therapy of CTS is encouraging but not convincing.
The results appear convincing.
