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. 2013 Jul 29;6:605–610. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S46950

Table 2.

Results for secondary outcome measures

Outcome measure IV opioid PCA (n = 20) Liposome bupivacaine-based multimodal analgesia (n = 23) P-value
Number of patients experiencing ORAEs 1 2
Median (range) time to first opioid use, hours 0.7 (0.3–3.6) 1.1 (0.3–71.0) 0.035a
Proportion of patients who reported being extremely satisfied with postsurgical pain treatment, % 40 48 0.752b
Proportion of patients who made unplanned visits with a health care provider after surgery, % 10 17 1.0c
Proportion of patients who made contact with health care provider to discuss recovery after surgery, % 25 9 0.11c

Notes:

a

Derived from log-rank test

b

derived from Mann–Whitney U-test

c

derived from Fisher’s exact test.

Abbreviations: IV, intravenous; n, number; ORAEs, opioid-related adverse events; PCA, patient-controlled analgesia.