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Table 2 Pain intensity

From: Postoperative pain treatment with erector spinae plane block and pectoralis nerve blocks in patients undergoing mitral/tricuspid valve repair — a randomized controlled trial

Pain evaluation

ESP

PECS + ESP

p value

2 h

29 [19–38]

17 [13–18]

0.004

4 h

30 [18–49]

17 [15–22]

0.005

8 h

35 [18–49]

17 [14–19]

<  0.001

12 h

33 [20–38]

17 [11–22]

0.002

24 h

22 [18–25]

9 [8–12]

< 0.001

  1. Pain intensity reported by patients and presented as medians and interquartile ranges. P-values were calculated with the Mann–Whitney U test. ESP – erector spinae plane, PECS – pectoralis nerve
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BMC Anesthesiology

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