Table 2.
Perioperative variables before matching.
| Group R (n = 589) |
Group S (n = 166) |
STD (%) | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pain VAS at day 0 | 6.29 ± 1.93 | 6.23 ± 172 | −0.07 | 0.346 |
| Pain VAS at day 1 | 3.07 ± 1.55 | 2.86 ± 1.37 | −13.89 | 0.108 |
| Nausea NRS at day 0 | 0.25 ± 0.65 | 0.35 ± 0.82 | 14.48 | 0.111 |
| Nausea NRS at day 1 | 0.06 ± 0.27 | 0.03 ± 0.26 | −11.2 | 0.212 |
| Rescue antiemetics at day 0 | 75 (13.1) | 28 (15.6) | 17.42 | 0.395 |
| Rescue antiemetics at day 1 | 33 (5.6) | 10 (6.0) | 6.90 | 0.835 |
| PONV at day 0 | 169 (28.7) | 59 (35.5) | −10.01 | 0.090 |
| PONV at day 1 | 67 (11.4) | 23 (13.8) | 2.86 | 0.651 |
| CR at day 0 | 420 (71.3) | 107 (64.5) | 10.01 | 0.090 |
| CR at day 1 | 522 (88.6) | 143 (86.1) | −2.86 | 0.651 |
| Number of vomiting instances at day 0 | 0.05 ± 0.43 | 0.03 ± 0.26 | −5.01 | 0.544 |
| Number of vomiting instances at day 1 | 0.00 ± 0.59 | 0.01 ± 0.09 | 1.91 | 0.429 |
| Dizziness at day 0 | 14 (2.5) | 2 (1.1) | 77.78 | 0.382 |
| Dizziness at day 1 | 13 (2.3) | 3 (1.7) | 30 | 0.774 |
| Headache at day 0 | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.6) | 100 | 0.421 |
| Headache at day 1 | 3 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 200 | 1.000 |
Values are expressed as mean ± SD, absolute number (percentages), or absolute number. STD: standardized difference, VAS: visual analogue scale, NRS: numerical rating scale, and CR: complete responder.