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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 3 Comparison of non-selective NSAIDs (N-NSAIDs) versus selective NSAIDs (S-NSAIDs)

From: Selective versus non-selective NSAIDs as prophylaxis for heterotopic ossification following hip arthroplasty: a meta-analysis

Degree of HO

N-NSAID

S-NSAID

OR

95% CI

I2 (\({\varvec{\chi}}\)2)

P

Brooker 0

69.4% (574 of 793)

68.4% (504 of 709)

0.99

0.78 to 1.26

63% (P = 0.008)

0.9

Brooker 1

22.7% (164 of 793)

23.4% (158 of 709)

1.04

0.80 to 1.35

45% (P = 0.08)

0.8

Brooker 2

6.7% (46 of 793)

5.6% (34 of 709)

0.99

0.59 to 1.67

0% (P = 0.8)

0.9

Brooker 3

1.0% (8 of 793)

1.3% (8 of 709)

0.69

0.34 to 0.41

18% (P = 0.3)

0.3

Brooker 4

0.1% (1 of 793)

0.3% (1 of 709)

0.61

0.14 to 2.56

0% (P = 0.5)

0.5