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Table 1 Patient characteristics and surgical data

From: Addition of preoperative transversus abdominis plane block to multimodal analgesia in open gynecological surgery: a randomized controlled trial

Variables

Study Group

(n = 32)

Control Group

(n = 32)

P value

Age (year)

44.5 ± 6.4

44.9 ± 8.0

0.837

Height (cm)

163.7 ± 5.8

162.7 ± 5.2

0.499

Weight (kg)

65.3 ± 11.7

64.8 ± 9.7

0.844

BMI (kg/m2)

24.3 ± 3.8

24.5 ± 3.5

0.896

ASA physical status I/II (n)

8/24

12/20

0.281

PONV score

3.4 ± 0.6

3.5 ± 0.5

0.244

Type of surgery(n/%)

  

0.614

 TAH

17 (53.1%)

19 (59.4%)

 

 Myomectomy

15 (46.9%)

13 (40.6%)

 

Type of incision (n/%)

  

0.777

 Transverse incision

24 (75.0%)

23 (71.9%)

 

 Vertical incision

8 (25.0%)

9 (28.1%)

 

Anesthesia time (min)

124.0 (103.3–141.5)

111.5 (101–141.5)

0.405

Operation time (min)

100.0 (73.5–113.0)

90.5 (81.5–103.0)

0.930

Intraoperative remifentanil (μg·kg− 1·h− 1)

6.1 ± 1.3

5.9 ± 0.8

0.531

Intraoperative sufentanil (μg/kg)

0.3 ± 0.1

0.3 ± 0.1

0.415

  1. Abbreviations: ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists, BMI body mass index, TAH total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingectomy, PONV postoperative nausea and vomiting
  2. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation, median (interquartile range), or number of patients (%) where appropriate