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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Urogynecology (Phila). 2023 Apr 4;29(10):827–835. doi: 10.1097/SPV.0000000000001351

Table 2:

Surgical Data

Control n=22 Pudendal Block n=22 p
Prolapse surgery
  Anterior Repair 13 (59) 19 (86) 0.04
  Posterior Repair 19 (86) 17 (77) 0.45
  Perineorrhaphy 12 (55) 10 (45) 0.56
  USLS 12 (55) 10 (45) 0.56
  SSLF 9 (41) 11 (50) 0.48
  Other 1 (5) 1 (5) 1
Mesh Sling 6 (27) 6 (27) 1

Vaginal pack placed postoperatively 5(23) 6(27) 0.73

MME Used Intraoperatively (mean[SD]) 31 [±15] 39 [±21] 0.14

Total bupivacaine used intraoperatively (including PNB) (mg) (mean[SD]) 65.3 [±41] 131.5 [±25] <0.05

Total lidocaine used intraoperatively (mg) (mean[SD]) 110 [±70] 142 [±37] 0.44

Postoperative Disposition 0.29
 Same day surgery 7 (32) 10 (45)
 23 hour observation 11 (50) 7 (32)
 >23 hour observation 4 (18) 5 (23)

Postoperative Complications 6 (27) 8 (36) 0.73
 Readmission 0 (0) 1 (5)
 Pudendal nerve entrapment 0 (0) 1 (5)
 Significant postoperative nausea 1 (5) 0 (0)
 Anesthetic complications (chest pain) 1 (5) 0 (0)
 Urinary retention at 48hr* 4 (18) 6 (27)

Other procedures include endometrial biopsy, labial biopsy.

*

This trend towards higher retention rates in the PNB group did not hold up in the per-protocol analysis