Optimal duration of postoperative drainage following burr hole surgery for chronic subdural hematoma: A systematic review and network meta-analysis.

Langenbecks Arch Surg · 2025 · PMC12474634 · PMID 41003801

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approached significancep = 0.08so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Similarly, the comparison between [ 9 – 16 ] H and [ 17 – 24 ] H yielded an OR of 1.61 (95% CI: 0.94–2.77), which approached significance ( p = 0.08), but did not reach the conventional threshold of 0.05.

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