“…Of the 7 included studies, 3 [ 7 , 18 , 20 ] (n = 234) compared the effectiveness of dezocine versus placebo according to the number of patients with at least 50% pain relief achieved within 0–6 h after surgery. These three studies found that dezocine significantly increased the proportion of patients with at least 50% pain relief within 0–6 h after surgery (15 min: N = 234; RR 2.95, 95% CI 1.30 to 6.70; I² = 70%, 95% CI 0% to 91%; χ 2 = 6.64, P = 0.004; 30 min: N = 234; RR 2.52, 95% CI 1.11 to 5.73; I² = 84%, 95% CI 53% to 95%; χ 2 = 12.81, P = 0.002; 1 h: N = 234; RR 2.74, 95% CI 1.11 to 6.76; I² = 87%, 95% CI 64% to 96%; χ 2 = 15.65, P = 0.0004; 2 h: N = 234; RR 2.89, 95% CI 1.61 to 5.19; I² = 49%, 95% CI 0% to 85%; χ 2 = 3.96, P = 0.14; 3 h: N = 159; RR 4.10, 95% CI 1.91 to 8.80; I² = 0%, 95% CI is not applicable; χ 2 = 0.08, P = 0.77; 4 h: N = 234; RR 4.23, 95% CI 1.94 to 9.22; I² = 0%, 95% CI 0% to 90%; χ 2 = 1.35, P = 0.51; 5 h: N = 159, RR 5.78, 95% CI 1.59 to 21.00; I² = 0%, 95% CI is not applicable; χ 2 = 0.01, P = 0.90; and 6 h: N = 159; RR 3.78, 95% CI 0.99 to 14.51; I² = 0%, 95% CI is not applicable; χ 2 = 0.03, P = 0.86).…”