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Table 2 Postoperative outcomes

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

 

Lidocaine group

(n = 32)

Saline group

(n = 32)

p-value

Nausea

5 (16%)

14 (44%)

0.01

Vomiting

2 (6%)

8 (25%)

0.04

Antiemetic needed

3 (9%)

11 (34%)

0.01

Time to first void; h

3 (2–4)

3 (3–4)

0.18

Quality of recovery;QoR-40 scores

194 (194–196)

184 (183–186)

< 0.001

Patients with satisfaction scores 1/2/3/4/5a

6/17/9/0/0

2/13/17/0/0

0.02

  1. Notes: Values are number (proportion), or median (IQR)
  2. aSatisfaction scores for postoperative pain relief, 1-Highly satisfied, 2-Satisfied, 3-Neutral, 4-Not satisfied, 5-Strongly dissatisfied