“…The details of the 12 RCTs, surgical sites, interventions, sample sizes, and assessments of the primary outcomes are summarized in Table 1 . The nerve block localization methods were anatomical localization in one trial ( Mohamed et al, 2014 ), ultrasound localization in 10 trials ( Chen et al, 2015 ; Tian et al, 2015 ; Dutta et al, 2017 ; Jin et al, 2017 ; Ding et al, 2018 ; Xu et al, 2018 ; Abd-Elshafy et al, 2019 ; Alimian et al, 2021 ; Sen et al, 2021 ; Zha et al, 2021 ), and not defined in one trial ( Mohta et al, 2016 ). All trials used long-acting LAs (ropivacaine, bupivacaine, or levobupivacaine) alone.…”