Table 2.
Pain Scores
| Postoperative day | Numeric rating scale scorea |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Control group (n=48) | Abdominal wall block group (n=29) | ||
| 0 | 3.5 (2.4-4.9) | 2.4 (0.8-3.3) | .002b |
| 1 | 3.6 (3.0-4.9) | 3.4 (2.4-4.6) | .41 |
| 2 | 3.8 (2.8-5.3) | 4.5 (3.2-5.1) | .18 |
| 3 | 3.7 (2.9-5.0) | 4.4 (3.2-4.9) | .31 |
| 4c | 3.8 (3.0-5.3) | 3.2 (2.7-5.2) | .41 |
a
Data are presented as median (interquartile range). The rank sum test was used for comparison.
b
Statistically significant.
c
Data were missing for 3 patients (1 control and 2 abdominal wall blocks) on postoperative day 4.