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Table 1 Patient Demographics and Perioperative Characteristics

From: A comparison of effects of scalp nerve block and local anesthetic infiltration on inflammatory response, hemodynamic response, and postoperative pain in patients undergoing craniotomy for cerebral aneurysms: a randomized controlled trial

Characteristic

Group C (n = 17)

Group I (n = 16)

Group S (n = 18)

P values

Age (years)

54.41 ± 6.62

55.19 ± 5.94

55.94 ± 5.14

NS

Gender (M/F)

4/13

4/12

6/12

NS

BMI (kg/m2)

22.48 ± 1.30

22.54 ± 0.80

22.51 ± 0.90

NS

ASA (I/II)

7/10

8/8

8/10

NS

Type of aneurysm (number%)

   

NS

 Middle cerebral artery

11 (64.6%)

12 (75%)

13 (72.2%)

 

 Anterior communicating artery

2 (11.8%)

0

1 (5.6%)

 

 Posterior communicating artery

2 (11.8%)

2 (12.5%)

3 (16.6%)

 

 Anterior cerebral artery

2 (11.8%)

2 (12.5%)

1 (5.6%)

 

Duration of operation (min)

169.41 ± 44.75

161.88 ± 36.69

155.56 ± 40.94

NS

Duration of anesthesia (min)

252.94 ± 42.65

248.44 ± 36.96

240.28 ± 41.53

NS

Total dose of propofol (mg)

1854.65 ± 375.03

1820.88 ± 233.17

1716.33 ± 206.67

NS

Total dose of remifentanil (mg)

4.59 ± 0.64

3.67 ± 0.38

1.40 ± 0.38

0.000*

Total loss of blood (ml)

370.59 ± 161.11

393.75 ± 166.21

305.56 ± 93.76

NS

Urine volume (ml)

1135.29 ± 337.16

1218.75 ± 335.10

1055.56 ± 261.72

NS

Infusion volume (ml)

 Crystalloids (ml)

1361.76 ± 644.58

1468.75 ± 618.30

1147.22 ± 269.24

NS

 Colloids (ml)

1161.76 ± 264.30

1109.38 ± 240.98

1111.11 ± 213.90

NS

Number of use of nicardipine(%)

8 (47.1%)

3 (18.8%)

1 (5.6%)

0.017#

Number of use of esmolol(%)

0

0

0

NA

  1. Values are expressed as mean ± SD or number of patients(%)
  2. The differences among groups were not significant except for the consumption of remifentanil and the use of nicardipine
  3. Group C Control group, Group I Local anesthesic infiltrationgroup, Group S Scalp nerve block group
  4. Abbreviations: ASA American society of anaesthesiologists, NA Not applicable, NS Not significant
  5. #P < 0.05 for Group I and Group S compared with group C. *P < 0.05 among three groups