Table 2. Perioperative time intervals.

Characteristics	GA (N = 35)	PVB (N = 35)	p-value
Duration of surgery, minutes	80 (40–190)	85 (50–145)	0.930
Duration of Anaesthesia, minutes	100 (75–210)	120 (75–180)	0.04
PACU Time, minutes	60 (60–110)	60 (60–85)	0.15
Readiness for discharge* (hrs), mean ± SD	6.5 ± 2.5	4.9 ± 0.5	0.04

GA = general anaesthesia, PVP = paravertebral block

Data are median (max-min), unless otherwise specified; PACU = Postoperative Care Unit; GA = general anaesthesia, PVP = paravertebral block;

*In accordance with Post Anaesthetic Discharge Scoring System (PADSS) [14]