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Table 3 Secondary intra-operative and post-operative comparison for wound infusion catheter patients with and without spinal analgesia pre-operatively

From: Retrospective observational study of patient outcomes with local wound infusion vs epidural analgesia after open hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery

Patient data

WI -SP (n = 24)

WI-PCA (n = 11)

P-value

Intraoperative data

 Operation duration (mins)

210

196

0.750

 Blood loss (ml)

300

325

0.975

Opioids given (mg)

 IV PCA

75

101.5

0.717

 Tramadol

200

650

0.298

 Codeine

60

420

0.890

 Oromorph

32.5

60

0.776

Post-operative recovery (days)

 LOS HDU

3

3

0.973

 LOS overall

8

8

0.977

 Eating and drinking 

3

2

0.349