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Table 1 Demographic and operative characteristics

From: Analgesic effect of the ultrasound-guided subcostal approach to transmuscular quadratus lumborum block in patients undergoing laparoscopic nephrectomy: a randomized controlled trial

  

QLB group (n = 29)

C group (n = 29)

P

Age (years)

 

49.3 ± 10.1

54.2 ± 8.3

0.153

Sex ratio [case (%)]

Male

13 (44.8%)

15 (51.7%)

0.599

Female

16 (55.2%)

14 (48.3%)

 

Body mass index (kg/m2)

 

24.0 ± 2.4

23.4 ± 3.1

0.554

ASA [case (%)]

I

13 (44.8%)

14 (48.3%)

0.689

II

12 (41.4%)

13 (44.8%)

 

III

4 (13.8%)

2 (6.9%)

 

Operative time (min)

 

63.1 ± 13.3

64.7 ± 15.5

0.764

Type of surgery [case (%)]

radical nephrectomy

12 (41.4%)

11 (37.9%)

0.788

partial nephrectomy

17 (58.6%)

18 (62.1%)

 
  1. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation or number (%). QLB group, patients who received a combination of general anesthesia with quadratus lumborum block; C group, patients who received general anesthesia.