Table 4.

VAS scores of patients within 24 h after surgery.

Variable	GA (n=66)	CEA (n=66)	SEA (n=66)
3 h	5.13±1.67	1.92±0.78*	2.95±0.89*#
6 h	5.12±1.65	1.20±0.46*	2.75±0.88*#
9 h	4.91±1.28	1.13±0.21*	1.49±0.50*
12 h	3.86±1.32	1.16±0.28*	1.34±0.48*
24 h	4.38±1.40	1.69±0.56*	2.75±0.96*#

Data are n or mean ±SD. GA – general anaesthesia; CEA – caudal epidural anaesthesia; SEA – spinal-epidural anaesthesia; VAS – Visual Analog Scale.

^*P<0.05 versus GA group;

^#P<0.05 versus CEA group.