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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients included in APS

From: The experience of setting up a resident-managed Acute Pain Service: a descriptive study

 

Overall

General surgery

Urology

P

Open surgery

Videolaparoscopic surgery

P

Robotic surgery

P

Number (%)

1054

542 (51.4 %)

512 (48.6 %)

 

484 (45.9 %)

206 (19.6 %)

 

364 (34.5 %)

 

Age (years)

62.6 ± 14.8

62.5 ± 15.6

62.7 ± 13.9

0.8816

63.1 ± 14.9

64 ± 16.6

0.6394

61.1 ± 13.4

0.1544

BMI

25.6 ± 4.2

25.5 ± 4.8

25.8 ± 3.4

0.4678

25.8 ± 4.2

25.4 ± 4.2

0.3383

25.5 ± 4.3

0.4654

Gender (male), N (%)

640 (60.7 %)

264 (48.7 %)

376 (73.4 %)

<0.0001

320 (66.1 %)

90 (43.7 %)

<0.0001

230 (63.2 %)

0.3841

Duration of surgery (min)

265.2 ± 134

278.9 ± 137.4

250.2 ± 129.1

0.5363

264.4 ± 124.6

245.9 ± 139

0.2927

339 ± 147.3

0.0080

  1. Videolaparoscopic and robotic techniques were compared to the open technique (referral)
  2. Continuous data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation (SD). Statistical analysis: two-tailed Mann-Whitney test and two tails Fisher’s exact test. P significant if <0.05 (bold)