Dexamethasone added to local anesthetics in ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plain (TAP) block for analgesia after abdominal surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

• Donghang Zhang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Donghang Zhang, Cheng Zhou

  Roles Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: hxliqian@foxmail.com (QL); zhangdhscu@163.com (DZ)

  Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2754-7204

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• Cheng Zhou ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Donghang Zhang, Cheng Zhou

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Lab of Anesthesia & Critical Care Medicine, Translational Neuroscience Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

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• Dang Wei,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Evidence-Based Medicine Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China

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• Long Ge,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology

  Affiliation Evidence-Based Medicine Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China

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• Qian Li

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hxliqian@foxmail.com (QL); zhangdhscu@163.com (DZ)

  Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

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