Comparing the Clinical Effectiveness of Local Corticosteroid Injections Using

Chen et al. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (2015) 16:394 DOI 10.1186/s12891-015-0850-5

ERRATUM Open Access Erratum to: A Bayesian network meta-analysis: Comparing the clinical effectiveness of local corticosteroid injections using different treatment strategies for carpal tunnel syndrome Po-Cheng Chen1, Ching-Hui Chuang2,7* , Yu-Kang Tu3, Chyi-Huey Bai4, Chieh-Feng Chen4,5,6 and Mei-Yun Liaw1

Erratum During production of the original article [1], an oversight occurred which resulted in the omission of the Figures files from the published item. The original article has now been updated to include Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, as they appear below.

Author details 1Department of Rehabilitation, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. 2Department of Nursing, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, No.123, Dapi Road, Niaosong District, Kaohsiung 83301, Taiwan. 3Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. 4School of Public Health, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan. 5Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan. 6Cochrane Taiwan, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan. 7School of Nursing, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Chiayi, Taiwan.

Reference 1. Chen PC, Chuang CH, Tu YK, Bai CH, Chen CF, Liaw M. A Bayesian network meta-analysis: comparing the clinical effectiveness of local corticosteroid injections using different treatment strategies for carpal tunnel syndrome. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2015;16:363. doi:10.1186/s12891-015-0815-8.

* Correspondence: [email protected] 2Department of Nursing, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, No.123, Dapi Road, Niaosong District, Kaohsiung 83301, Taiwan 7School of Nursing, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Chiayi, Taiwan Full list of author information is available at the end of the article

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Fig. 1 Flow diagram for literature search and identifications of articles for review Chen et al. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (2015) 16:394 Page 3 of 8

Fig. 2 Risk of bias (a) graph and (b) summary: review authors’ judgements about each risk of bias item Chen et al. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (2015) 16:394 Page 4 of 8

id Intervention OR (95% CI) Weight

PI vs Ulnar-I

Makhlouf et al. 2014 PI vs Ulnar-I 12.53 (3.30, 47.53) 100.00

Subtotal (I-squared = .%, p = .) 12.53 (3.30, 47.53) 100.00

Placebo vs PI

Peters et al. 2010 Placebo vs PI 4.91 (1.53, 15.73) 27.56

Armstrong et al. 2004 Placebo vs PI 4.44 (1.74, 11.29) 36.29

O’Gradaigh et al. 2000 Placebo vs PI 31.67 (3.75, 267.66) 10.62

Dammers et al. 1999 Placebo vs PI 13.14 (3.84, 45.02) 25.52

Subtotal (I-squared = 29.4%, p = 0.236) 7.42 (3.53, 15.61) 100.00

PI vs DI

Habib et al. 2006 PI vs DI 0.80 (0.22, 2.97) 100.00

Subtotal (I-squared = .%, p = .) 0.80 (0.22, 2.97) 100.00

. NOTE: Weights are from random effects analysis

.01 1 100

Fig. 3 Forest plot of the standard pair-wise meta-analysis for clinical response of local corticosteroid injections for carpal tunnel syndrome. Abbreviations: OR = odds ratio, CI= confidence interval, DI = distal approach corticosteroid injection, PI = proximal approach corticosteroid injection, Ulnar-I = ultrasound-guided in-plane approach

id Intervention WMD (95% CI) Weight

Ulnar-I vs Ulnar-O

Lee et al. 2014 Ulnar-I vs Ulnar-O -0.43 (-0.75, -0.10) 100.00

Subtotal (I-squared = .%, p = .) -0.43 (-0.75, -0.10) 100.00

Ulnar-I vs PI

Lee et al. 2014 Ulnar-I vs PI -0.52 (-0.89, -0.16) 100.00

Subtotal (I-squared = .%, p = .) -0.52 (-0.89, -0.16) 100.00

Ulnar-O vs PI

Lee et al. 2014 Ulnar-O vs PI -0.10 (-0.45, 0.25) 51.17

Ustun et al. 2013 Ulnar-O vs PI -0.32 (-0.68, 0.04) 48.83

Subtotal (I-squared = 0.0%, p = 0.390) -0.21 (-0.46, 0.04) 100.00

PI vs Placebo

Atroshi et al. 2013 PI vs Placebo -0.86 (-1.23, -0.49) 21.67

Karadas et al. 2012 PI vs Placebo -0.27 (-0.58, 0.04) 25.99

Peters et al. 2010 PI vs Placebo -0.64 (-0.94, -0.33) 26.34

Armstrong et al. 2004 PI vs Placebo -0.59 (-0.90, -0.28) 26.00

Subtotal (I-squared = 51.3%, p = 0.104) -0.58 (-0.81, -0.35) 100.00

. NOTE: Weights are from random effects analysis

-1 0 1

Fig. 4 Forest plot of the standard pair-wise meta-analysis for change in symptom severity scale of local corticosteroid injections for carpal tunnel syndrome. Abbreviations: WMD = weighted mean difference, CI= confidence interval, PI = proximal approach corticosteroid injection, Ulnar-I = ultrasound-guided in-plane injection, Ulnar-O = ultrasound-guided out-plane injection Chen et al. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (2015) 16:394 Page 5 of 8

id Intervention WMD (95% CI) Weight

Ulnar-I vs Ulnar-O

Lee et al. 2014 Ulnar-I vs Ulnar-O -0.03 (-0.45, 0.38) 100.00

Subtotal (I-squared = .%, p = .) -0.03 (-0.45, 0.38) 100.00

Ulnar-I vs PI

Lee et al. 2014 Ulnar-I vs PI -0.36 (-0.76, 0.04) 100.00

Subtotal (I-squared = .%, p = .) -0.36 (-0.76, 0.04) 100.00

Ulnar-O vs PI

Lee et al. 2014 Ulnar-O vs PI -0.33 (-0.76, 0.10) 54.61

Ustun et al. 2013 Ulnar-O vs PI 0.01 (-0.46, 0.48) 45.39

Subtotal (I-squared = 7.8%, p = 0.298) -0.18 (-0.51, 0.16) 100.00

PI vs Placebo

Karadas et al. 2012 PI vs Placebo -0.12 (-0.50, 0.26) 30.24

Peters et al. 2010 PI vs Placebo -0.71 (-1.05, -0.37) 33.15

Armstrong et al. 2004 PI vs Placebo -0.51 (-0.81, -0.21) 36.62

Subtotal (I-squared = 61.9%, p = 0.073) -0.46 (-0.77, -0.14) 100.00

. NOTE: Weights are from random effects analysis

-1 0 1

Fig. 5 Forest plot of the standard pair-wise meta-analysis for change in functional status scale of local corticosteroid injections for carpal tunnel syndrome. Abbreviations: WMD = weighted mean difference, CI= confidence interval, PI = proximal approach corticosteroid injection, Ulnar-I = ultrasound-guided in-plane injection, Ulnar-O = ultrasound-guided out-plane injection Chen et al. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (2015) 16:394 Page 6 of 8

(a) Network plot for PI clinical response

Placebo DI

Ulnar-I

(b) Network plot for change in symptom severity scale Placebo

Ulnar-I PI

Ulnar-O

Ulnar-I PI

Ulnar-O

Fig. 6 Network plots of the treatments for (a) clinical response, (b) change in symptom severity scale (c) change in functional status scale Chen et al. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (2015) 16:394 Page 7 of 8

(a) Rankogram for clinical response (b) Rankogram for change in symptom (c) Rankogram for change in functional severity scale status scale Fig. 7 Ranking of treatment strategies based on probability of their effects on (a) clinical response (b) change in symptom severity scale (c) change in functional status scale Chen et al. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (2015) 16:394 Page 8 of 8

Fig. 8 Comparison-adjusted funnel plots for (a) clinical response (b) change in symptom severity scale (c) change in functional status scale