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Table 3 Mean VAS pain scores and VAS pain scores at various time points postoperatively

From: Combination of thoracic epidural analgesia with patient-controlled intravenous analgesia versus traditional thoracic epidural analgesia for postoperative analgesia and early recovery of laparotomy: a prospective single-centre, randomized controlled trial

 

TEA/PCIA Group

TEA Group

P

Mean R-VAS

1.18 ± 0.46

1.35 ± 0.50

0.093

Mean M-VAS

2.45 ± 0.55

2.68 ± 0.52

0.046

6-h R-VAS

1.64 ± 0.75

1.88 ± 0.80

0.15

6-h M-VAS

2.95 ± 0.86

3.12 ± 0.83

0.37

24-h R-VAS

1.36 ± 0.49

1.38 ± 0.70

0.89

24-h M-VAS

2.61 ± 0.62

2.79 ± 0.68

0.22

48-h R-VAS

0.95 ± 0.57

1.21 ± 0.52

0.03

48-h M-VAS

2.23 ± 0.64

2.64 ± 0.66

0.004

72-h R-VAS

0.75 ± 0.62

0.93 ± 0.75

0.23

72-h M-VAS

1.98 ± 0.59

2.19 ± 0.77

0.153

  1. Data are expressed as Mean ± SD. TEA thoracic epidural analgesia, PCIA patient-controlled intravenous analgesia, VAS visual analogue scale, R-VAS, VAS score at rest, M-VAS, VAS score on movement
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BMC Anesthesiology

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