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Table 2 Assessment of pain during movement while in PACU, VNRS

From: Continuous femoral nerve blockade and single-shot sciatic nerve block promotes better analgesia and lower bleeding for total knee arthroplasty compared to intrathecal morphine: a randomized trial

 

Groups (n)

Mean difference

p-value

Intratechal morphine

Femoral blockade

M (n = 20)

FI (n = 19)

PACU (zero)

0.1 ± 0.1

0.0 ± 0.0

0.1 ± 0.1

0.30

24 h

3.0 ± 0.5

0.6 ± 0.2

2.3 ± 0.5

<0.01

48 h

3.5 ± 0.4

0.3 ± 0.1

3.2 ± 0.4

<0.01

72 h

2.6 ± 0.3

0.1 ± 0.1

2.5 ± 0.3

<0.01

  1. ANOVA of repeated measures followed by Bonferroni test
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BMC Anesthesiology

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