Table 5.

The comparison of complications and intra- and postoperative characteristics in the three groups

Complication	Control group (n=85)	Gabapentin group (n=86)	Celecoxib group (n=87)	P*
Nausea and vomiting, n (%)	13 (15.3)	6 (7)	3 (3.4)	0.017
Respiratory depression, n (%)	7 (8.2)	5 (5.8)	2 (2.3)	0.224
Blood transfusion, n (%)	5 (5.9)	9 (10.5)	9 (10.3)	0.448
Operative time (min)	72.51±7.78	73.35±7.83	73.07±7.28	0.763
Length of hospital stay	3.73±0.75	3.37±0.77	3.76±0.85	0.112
Morphine administration; mg
12 h	4.35±0.47	3.48±0.81	3.17±0.53	<0.001
24 h	15.12±1.08	7.33±1.39	7.05±1.26	<0.001
48 h	20.91±1.29	10.59±1.66	9.82±1.48	<0.001
Discharge	27.35±1.84	14.57±2.50	12.61±1.75	<0.001
Intraoperative blood loss (mL)	217.88±65.68	208.97±59.25	195.76±66.05	0.074
Postoperative blood loss (mL)	251.98±58.06	237.50±58.03	250.93±60.24	0.200

*Resulted from Chi-squared and one-way ANOVA for categorical and continuous variables. ANCOVA=Analysis of covariance