Table 4.

Number of patients with post-operative complications by group.

Complication	PCA N = 44 n (%)	TAP block + PCA N = 30 n (%)	PCEA N = 38 n (%)	P-value
Any complication	7 (15.9)	11 (36.7)	15 (39.3)	0.034
Ileus	4 (9.1)	5 (16.7)	6 (15.8)	0.604
Pneumonia	2 (4.5)	0 (0.0)	1 (2.6)	0.780
Stroke	1 (2.3)	0 (0.0)	1 (2.6)	1.00
Infectious	1 (2.3)	1 (3.3)	1 (2.6)	1.00
Wound complications	3 (6.8)	0 (0.0)	2 (5.3)	0.434
Hypotension	1 (2.3)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	1.00
Respiratory depression	0 (0.0)	2 (6.7)	0 (0.0)	0.070
Acute renal failure	2 (4.5)	1 (3.3)	0 (0.0)	0.487
VTE	0 (0.0)	1 (3.3)	0 (0.0)	0.268
Bleeding	1 (2.3)	0 (0.0)	1 (2.6)	1.00
Narcotic overdose	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (2.6)	0.607
Urinary retention	0 (0.0)	1 (3.3)	1 (2.6)	0.519
Epidural headache	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (2.6)	0.607