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Table 1 Patient characteristics. Data are expressed as the mean (SD) or number of patients (%) in each group

From: Infrared thermography for assessment of thoracic paravertebral block: a prospective observational study

 

Successful TPVB

Failed TPVB

Simple size, n

54

7

Sociodemographic Charactertics

 Sex, n (%)

  Male

21 (40.4)

5 (57.1)

  Female

33 (61.1)

2 (42.9)

Mean Age (SD) in years

55 (10)

49 (16)

Mean BMI (SD) in kg/m2

23 (3)

24 (1)

Surgical Charactertics

 Block side, n (%)

  Left

21 (38.9)

3 (42.9)

  Right

33 (61.1)

4 (57.1)

 ASA status (I ~ II), n (%)

  ASA I

23 (42.6)

3 (42.9)

  ASA II

31 (57.4)

4 (57.1)

 Surgery, n (%)

  Mastectomy

7 (13.0)

1 (14.3)

  Mastectomy + ALND

4 (7.4)

1 (14.3)

  Lung lobectomy

36 (66.7)

3 (42.6)

  Lung wedge resection

9 (16.7)

2 (28.6)

  1. Abbreviations: SD standard deviation, BMI Body mass index, ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists