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

Table 6 Overall cost and cost of anaesthesia^*

	TEA/PCIA Group	TEA Group	P
Total cost (RMB)	75 011 [53 172 to 93 036]	75 773 [55 569 to 102 799]	0.777
Cost of anaesthesia (RMB)	5226 [4933 to 5740]	5171 [4658 to 5872]	0.412

Data are expressed as median [IQR]. *: A total of 82 patients were included in the statistical analysis, and four patients were excluded due to the special billing payment method in our hospital (three in TEA/PCIA group and one in TEA group). TEA thoracic epidural analgesia. PCIA patient-controlled intravenous analgesia

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