Effect of lidocaine perioperative infusion on chronic postsurgical pain in patients undergoing thoracoscopic radical pneumonectomy

Table 1 The general characteristic data in the two groups

Variables	Control group (n = 28)	Lidocaine group (n = 29)	p-value^*
Age (yrs)	54.25 ± 8.51	55.10 ± 8.08	0.70
BMI (kg/m²)	22.71 ± 2.53	22.56 ± 2.20	0.82
Gender (m/f)	12/16	12/17	0.91
Duration of operation (min)	95.00 ± 25.79	101.00 ± 34.96	0.47
ASA classification			0.21
II	10	6
III	18	23

Data are presented as mean (SD) or median (IQR) for continuous measures, and n (%) for categorical measures
BMI Body mass index, ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists
^* Independent Student t-test p value or Chi-Square p value as appropriate

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