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Table 3 Procedure-related details, length of stay, reoperation, and readmission

From: Effect of preoperative versus postoperative use of transversus abdominis plane block with plain 0.25 % bupivacaine on postoperative opioid use: a retrospective study

Variables

Overall

(N = 262)

Preoperative TAP

(n = 240)

Postoperative TAP

(n = 22)

P-value

Surgical procedure, no. (%)

 

0.554

 Surg_type1a

195 (74.4)

178 (74.2)

17 (77.3)

 

 Surg_type2b

38 (14.5)

36 (15.0)

2 (9.1)

 Surg_type3c

11 (4.2)

9 (3.8)

2 (9.1)

 Surg_type4d

18 (6.9)

17 (7.1)

1 (4.5)

Surgical approach, no. (%)

 

0.439

 Open

69 (26.3)

62 (25.8)

7 (31.8)

 

 Laparoscopic

79 (30.2)

75 (31.2)

4 (18.2)

 Robotic

114 (43.5)

103 (42.9)

11 (50.0)

Procedure details

 Emergent procedure, no. (%)

2 (0.8)

1 (0.4)

1 (4.5)

0.161

 Procedure length, minutes (SD)

208.38 (96.27)

207.79 (97.16)

214.82 (87.76)

0.655

 EBL in mL, mean (SD)

100.05 (185.54)

100.43 (190.96)

95.91 (113.14)

0.855

 LOS in days, mean (SD)

4.92 (5.95)

4.82 (5.62)

6.00 (8.87)

0.836

 Readmission rate, no. (%)

29 (11.2)

28 (11.8)

1 (4.5)

0.485

 Reoperation rate, no. (%)

5 (1.9)

4 (1.7)

1 (4.5)

0.901

  1. EBL estimated blood loss, LOS length of day, SD standard deviation, TAP transversus abdominis plane
  2. asurg_type1 includes hemicolectomy, sigmoidectomy, low anterior resection, total abdominal colectomy and abdominoperineal resection
  3. bsurg_type2 includes ostomy reversal
  4. csurg_type3 includes ostomy creation
  5. dsurg_type4 includes appendectomy, exploratory laparotomy, lysis of adhesion, and rectopexy