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Table 4 Visual analog score changes at movement

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 movement-0 h

0.90 ± 0.31#

0.70 ± 0.47

0.45 ± 0.51

0.010

VAS at movement-2 h

1.75 ± 0.44#

1.55 ± 0.51#

0.75 ± 0.44

< 0.001

VAS at movement-4 h

4.40 ± 0.75$#

2.45 ± 0.51#

1.50 ± 0.51

< 0.001

VAS at movement-6 h

3.20 ± 0.62$#

4.25 ± 0.72#

2.45 ± 0.51

< 0.001

VAS at movement-8 h

3.10 ± 0.45#

3.15 ± 0.49#

4.00 ± 0.56

< 0.001

VAS at movement-12 h

4.00 ± 0.92$#

3.05 ± 0.22

3.15 ± 0.49

< 0.001

VAS at movement-18 h

2.85 ± 0.37$

3.50 ± 0.83#

2.85 ± 0.49

0.003

VAS at movement-24 h

2.70 ± 0.47

2.75 ± 0.44

2.75 ± 0.44

0.920

  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)