The use of perineural dexamethasone and transverse abdominal plane block for postoperative analgesia in cesarean section operations under spinal anesthesia: an observational study

Table 3 The comparison of postoperative pain severity by numerical rating scale (NRS) score among study participants at time points of 2, 4, 6,12 and 24 h after surgery

Postoperative pain severity score (NRS)
	Group TAPD N = 29	Group TAPA N = 29	P-value
2 h #c	1 (0–1)	1 (0–1)	0.84
4 h #c	2 (0–3)	2 (2–3)	0.21
6 h #c	2 (2–3)	4 (4–3)	< 0.001*
12 h #c	3 (3–4)	4 (4–5)	< 0.001*
24 h #c	3 (3–4)	4 (4–5)	< 0.001*

*P-value: p < 0.05 is statistically significant, N.B: #: median (Interquartile range); #c: the comparison between two groups using Mann-Whitney U-test, TAPD Transverse abdominis plane with dexamethasone, TAPA Transverse abdominis plane without dexamethasone

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