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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients

From: Reduction of leakage from insertion site during continuous femoral nerve block with catheter-through-needle versus catheter-over-needle technique for postoperative analgesia after total knee arthroplasty: a randomized controlled trial

Characteristic

CTN group

CON group

P value

Number of patients

30

30

 

Age, yr

71 ± 6

71 ± 9

0.60

Male / Female, n

5 / 25

7 / 23

0.75

BMI

27.1 ± 4.4

26.5 ± 4.1

0.66

GA / SA, n

2 / 28

1 / 29

0.55

  1. Values are mean ± SD or number of patients.
  2. Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, CTN catheter-through-needle, CON catheter-over-needle, GA general anesthesia, SA spinal anesthesia