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Wamkpah et al.

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Fig. 6. Forest plot of the meta-analysis of the proportion of patients with at least one adverse event (AE) for active treatment groups only, stratified by intervention type. The medical therapy category is ordered in clusters by drug class: neuromodulating drugs, tricyclic antidepressants, opioids, inhaled corticosteroids, macrolide antibiotic, combination-drug regimens, alternative medicine, and lastly investigational drugs. Effect sizes (ES) closer to 0 indicate a lower proportion of patients with at least 1 AE and is considered to favor treatment. BTX = botulinum toxin; PPI = proton pump inhibitor; PSALTI = physiotherapy, speech and language therapy intervention; SLN = superior laryngeal nerve; SPT = speech pathology treatment; VF = vocal fold.

Laryngoscope . Author manuscript; available in PMC 2022 January 01.