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Table 2 Nerve block procedure, anesthesia recovery time, epidural spread incidence and pain ratings

From: Comparison of lumbar plexus block using the short axis in-plane method at the plane of the transverse process and at the articular process: a randomized controlled trial

Variables

Beach chair

Control

P

(n = 30)

(n = 30)

Imaging time, sec

34.2 ± 16.7

48.9 ± 16.8

0.001*

Needling time, sec

85.0 ± 45.3

131.4 ± 88.2

0.013*

Ultrasound visibility score, 0/1/2/3

0/0/3/27

0/2/14/14

0.000*

Number of needle puncturesa

2.5(2)

4(1)

0.000*

Sensory block time, hour

11.9 ± 5.4

11.4 ± 5.9

0.717

Motor block time, hour

18.1 ± 5.3

16.0 ± 6.0

0.167

Epidural spread incidence

1(3.3)

9(30.0)

0.006*

24 h VAS scores

3.7 ± 2.0

4.1 ± 2.0

0.372

  1. Values are presented as Mean ± SD or No. (%)
  2. Scores 0, 1, 2, and 3 correspond to not visible, hardly visible, well visible, very well visible
  3. aValues are presented as Median (IQR)
  4. *Statistically significant