Skip to main content

Table 2 Rescue analgesia and patient satisfaction within 24 postoperative hours in the PSI and control Groups

From: Ultrasound-guided parasternal intercostal nerve block for postoperative analgesia in mediastinal mass resection by median sternotomy: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

 

PSI group (n = 20)

Control group (n = 21)

P-value

Cumulative sufentanil consumption (μg)

Patients requiring rescue analgesia within 24 h

54.05 ± 11.14

67.67 ± 8.92

< 0.001

Flurbiprofen axetil, n (%)

2 (10%)

4 (19%)

0.41

Satisfaction Score (0–10)

8.20 ± 1.01

6.71 ± 0.64

< 0.001

  1. Data are mean ± standard deviation or number (proportion) of patients