Research Article

Mesenchymal Stem Cells: A New Choice for Nonsurgical Treatment of OA? Results from a Bayesian Network Meta-Analysis

Table 1

The details of SURCA and mean rank of efficacy endpoints.

TreatmentSMD (95% CI) for pain reliefSURCA for pain relief (%)Mean rank for pain reliefSMD (95% CI) for function improvementSURCA for function improvement (%)Mean rank for function improvementSMD (95% CI) for stiffness improvementSURCA for stiffness improvement (%)Mean rank for stiffness improvement

PlaceboReference24.34.0Reference24.54.0Reference19.84.2
MSCs3.61 (1.87, 5.35)97.91.12.37 (0.81, 3.93)95.91.21.02 (0.11, 1.94)87.61.5
PRP1.31 (0.13, 2.50)71.82.11.40 (0.30, 2.49)75.92.00.89 (0.27, 1.51)84.11.6
HA0.83 (0.08, 1.58)54.52.80.81 (0.09, 1.52)52.72.90.34 (-0.09, 0.77)48.73.1
GCs-1.25 (-2.67, 0.17)1.54.9-1.25 (-2.69, 0.20)1.15.0-0.21 (-0.98, 0.56)9.74.6