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Table 1 Patient demographics, surgical times/types and statistical evaluation

From: Use of ultrasound guided single shot costotransverse block (intertransverse process) in breast cancer surgery: a prospective, randomized, assessor blinded, controlled clinical trial

 

CTB Group (n:35)

Control Group (n:35)

P

Age (years)

47.74 ± 13.36

54.23 ± 9.74

0.023

Weight (kg)

70 ± 10.05

72.83 ± 11.73

0.282

Height (cm)

162 ± 6.35

164 ± 5.42

0.161

Body Mass Index

26.83 ± 4.17

27.17 ± 4.49

0.743

Surgical Time (min)

93.26 ± 37.87

93.37 ± 32.78

0.989

Surgery Type 1 vs 2a

15/20

17/18

0.631

Block time (m)

7.83 ± 1.32

N/A

N/A

  1. aSurgery Type: 1-modified radical mastectomy, 2-simple mastectomy + sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) + (axillary curettage if required). Surgery types are expressed as number of patients whereas all other data is expressed as mean ± standard deviation