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Table 1 Patient characteristics and surgical profiles of patients

From: The effect of intraoperative lidocaine infusion on opioid consumption and pain after totally extraperitoneal laparoscopic inguinal hernioplasty: a randomized controlled trial

Variables

Lidocaine group

(n = 32)

Normal saline group

(n = 32)

P-value

Age (years)

40 (30–52)

43 (33–52)

0.61

ASA PS (1/2)

28/4

27/5

0.71

BMI (kg/m2)

23.02 ± 2.85

22.01 ± 2.02

0.10

Surgical site: Unilateral/Bilateral

25/7

23/9

0.56

Mesh fixation (Yes/No)

31/1

32/0

0.50

Duration of surgery (min)

60 (48–90)

75 (60–90)

0.49

Intraoperative fentanyl supplement (μg)

0 (0–0)

20 (0–30)

< 0.001

  1. Notes: Values are median (IQR), mean (SD), number.
  2. Abbreviations: BMI body mass index; ASA PS American society of Anesthesiologist physical status