Table 3.
Reported pain scores and morphine sulfate equivalency between groups.
| Total sample n (%) N = 70 |
Concentrated multi-drug cocktail n (%) N = 35 |
Bupivacaine liposomal suspension n (%) N = 35 |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NRS scores | ||||
| PACU, Mean (SD)d | 2.80 (2.84) | 3.49 (2.87) | 2.11 (2.68) | .033a |
| POD#0d | 3.24 (1.81) | 3.60 (1.77) | 2.89 (1.81) | .114 |
| POD#1d | 2.94 (1.45) | 3.31 (1.55) | 2.57 (1.27) | .023a |
| POD#2d | 2.96 (1.60) | 3.51 (1.54) | 2.40 (1.48) | .002 |
| POD#3 | 4.00 (1.31) | 4.00 (1.83) | 4.00 (.82) | – |
| MS04 equivalency scores (mg) | ||||
| PACUd | 4.92 (6.51) | 6.85 (6.57) | 2.99 (5.93) | .002a |
| POD#0d | 7.81 (7.04) | 8.73 (7.48) | 6.89 (6.56) | .267 |
| POD#1d | 13.24 (9.65) | 15.57 (10.91) | 10.91 (7.67) | .079 |
| POD#2d | 10.00 (10.66) | 13.11 (13.30) | 6.89 (5.79) | .005b |
| POD#3 | 13.75 (10.94) | 16.25 (16.01) | 11.25 (2.50) | – |
| Post op 10 day Likert score | ||||
| Hospital Pain control Satisfactiond | 4.51 (.78) | 4.11 (.87) | 4.91 (.37) | .0001c |
| Overall Pain control Satisfactiond | 4.27 (.83) | 3.97 (.86) | 4.57 (.70) | .001b |
POD = Postoperative day.
a
Statistically significant at the p < .05 level.
b
Statistically significant at the p < .01 level.
c
Statistically significant at the p < .001 level.
d
Mann–Whitney U Test.