Table 2.

Anesthetics patient characteristics

	Group 1 n=54	Group 2 n=54	p value
Sensory block
Mean onset time (min)	7.79 ± 3.76	5.75 ± 2.35	< 0.001
Mean duration (min)	91.29 ± 31.55	112.77 ± 18.77	< 0.001
Motor block			0.18
present	46 (85.18 %)	50 (92.59 %)
absent	8 (14.81 %)	4 (7.40 %)
Bilateralization block n (%)	16 (29.62 %)	47 (87.03 %)	0.0001
Failure of unilateral spinal anesthesia	2 (3.70 %)	1 (1.85 %)	0.5
At least one hypotensive episode	32 (59.25%)	50 (92.59 %)	< 0.001
Average ephedrine consumption (mg)	7.61 ± 7.63	23.88 ± 10.28	0.53
Average need of intravenous fluids (ml)	1481.48 ± 411.65	2111.11 ± 596.10	< 0.001
Satisfaction n (%)
patient	50 (92.59 %)	48 (88.88 %)	0.37
surgeon	50 (92.59 %)	53 (98.14 %)	0.18