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Table 3 Visual analog score changes at rest

From: Comparative study of dexmedetomidine versus fentanyl as adjuvants to bupivacaine in ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane block in patients undergoing radical cystectomy: a prospective randomised study

 

Group B

(n = 20)

Group BF

(n = 20)

Group BD

(n = 20)

p value

VAS at rest-0 h

0.60 ± 0.50

0.45 ± 0.51

0.30 ± 0.47

0.167

VAS at rest-2 h

1.40 ± 0.50$#

0.70 ± 0.47

0.45 ± 0.51

< 0.001

VAS at rest-4 h

3.85 ± 0.37$#

1.60 ± 0.50

1.35 ± 0.49

< 0.001

VAS at rest-6 h

3.10 ± 0.31$#

3.85 ± 0.37#

1.50 ± 0.51

< 0.001

VAS at rest-8 h

3.05 ± 0.22#

3.10 ± 0.31#

3.85 ± 0.37

< 0.001

VAS at rest-12 h

3.60 ± 0.50$#

3.05 ± 0.22

3.10 ± 0.31

< 0.001

VAS at rest-18 h

2.60 ± 0.50$

3.30 ± 0.47#

2.65 ± 0.59

< 0.001

VAS at rest-24 h

2.55 ± 0.51

2.60 ± 0.50

2.40 ± 0.50

0.426

  1. Data are represented as mean ± SD (standard deviation)
  2. P-value < 0.05 (significant)
  3. P-value > 0.05 (non-significant)
  4. $ Statistically significant difference compared with group (BF)
  5. # statistically significant difference compared with group (BD)