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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 8.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Surg. 2009 May 9;198(5):720–725. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2008.11.043

Table 4.

Length of surgery and length of hospital stay for patients by treatment group

Treatment Group
All Patients GA alone PVB plus GA P-Value
Mean length of surgery (hours and min) 1:59 1:49 2:10 0.08
Mean Length of hospital stay (hours) 9 (1–23) 9 (1–23) 9 (2–23) 0.80
Overnight Stay 1.0
  No 47 (58.75) 24 (58.54) 23 (58.97)
  Yes 33 (41.25) 17 (41.46) 16 (41.03)