The combination of transversus abdominis plane block and rectus sheath block reduced postoperative pain after splenectomy: a randomized trial

Table 1 The demographic data of patients in the 3 groups

	C	L	LM	P value
Age (year)	54.3 (10.6)	57.1 (10.1)	52.5 (9.3)	0.07
Gender (male n)	26	28	27	0.92
Height (cm)	166.2 (7.8)	164.8 (7.2)	165.3 (8.0)	0.65
Weight (kg)	64.5 (13.7)	64.6 (10.1)	64.5 (11.8)	0.98
Smoking (n)	12	15	17	0.54
Hypertension (n)	14	12	15	0.79
ASA				0.67
II	32	35	36
III	18	15	14
HBV	34	36	32	0.69
Hct (%)	36.8 (5.5)	36.9 (6.1)	36.3 (5.5)	0.85
Diagnosis				0.70
Hepatic cirrhosis	32	28	27
Hypersplenism	11	10	13
Thrombocytopenic purpura	7	12	10
Bleeding volume (ml)	349 (192)	318 (192)	332 (133)	0.67
Transfusion volume (ml)	370 (134)	358 (147)	353 (87)	0.78
Operation time (h)	3.0 (1.3)	3.1 (0.9)	3.1 (1.0)	0.86
Anesthesia time (h)	3.8 (1.4)	3.5 (1.0)	3.4 (1.1)	0.21
With pericardial vascular dissection	32	28	27	0.56

Data are expressed as mean (SD) or number
ASA the American society of anesthesiologists, HBV hepatitis B virus, Hct hematocrit

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