In reply to the comments by Onitsuka et al

Eriya Imai^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Social Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, International University of Health and Welfare, Tokyo, Japan. eriyaimai74@gmail.com.
² Division of Anesthesia, Mitsui Memorial Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. eriyaimai74@gmail.com.
³ Scientific Research WorkS Peer Support Group (SRWS-PSG), Osaka, Japan. eriyaimai74@gmail.com.
⁴ Scientific Research WorkS Peer Support Group (SRWS-PSG), Osaka, Japan.
⁵ Department of Internal Medicine, Kyoto Min-Iren Asukai Hospital, Kyoto, Japan.
⁶ Section of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Community Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
⁷ Department of Healthcare Epidemiology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine/School of Public Health, Kyoto, Japan.
⁸ Department of International and Community Oral Health, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, Miyagi, Japan.
⁹ Division of Gastroenterological, General, and Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan.
¹⁰ Department of Social Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, International University of Health and Welfare, Tokyo, Japan.

Eriya Imai et al. J Anesth. 2025.

. 2025 Nov 26.

doi: 10.1007/s00540-025-03614-7. Online ahead of print.

Eriya Imai^{1

2

3}, Yuki Kataoka^{4

5

6

7

8}, Jun Watanabe^{4

9}, Tsutomu Yamazaki¹⁰

¹ Department of Social Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, International University of Health and Welfare, Tokyo, Japan. eriyaimai74@gmail.com.
² Division of Anesthesia, Mitsui Memorial Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. eriyaimai74@gmail.com.
³ Scientific Research WorkS Peer Support Group (SRWS-PSG), Osaka, Japan. eriyaimai74@gmail.com.
⁴ Scientific Research WorkS Peer Support Group (SRWS-PSG), Osaka, Japan.
⁵ Department of Internal Medicine, Kyoto Min-Iren Asukai Hospital, Kyoto, Japan.
⁶ Section of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Community Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
⁷ Department of Healthcare Epidemiology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine/School of Public Health, Kyoto, Japan.
⁸ Department of International and Community Oral Health, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, Miyagi, Japan.
⁹ Division of Gastroenterological, General, and Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan.
¹⁰ Department of Social Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, International University of Health and Welfare, Tokyo, Japan.

No abstract available

Keywords: Cesarean section; Intraoperative nausea and vomiting; Network meta-analysis; Systematic review.

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