Table 2.

Comparison of patients’ pain score, amount of consumed opioid, time to first PCA request, and amount of acetaminophen consumption in the two groups

	Group SAB (n=30)	Group CTL (n=30)	p
VAS scores
Start point in recovery	5.2±0.7	5.3±0.6	0.7
1 hr	2.4±0.4	2.5±0.5	0.3
6 hr	2.3±0.3	2.6±0.6	0.2
12 hr	2.2±0.3	2.5±0.5	0.1
24 hr	2.1±0.3	2.3±0.3	0.1
Fentanyl consumption dose (μg)
1 hr	3.5±0.2	35.6±4.5	0.0001
6 hr	9.5±1.2	224.7±26.3	0.0001
12 hr	104.2±21.4	480.6±26.5	0.0001
Time to first PCA request (min)	323.5±49.7	16.6±.1	0.0001
Acetaminophen consumption (gr)	0	1.3±0.4	0.001
Number of patients who needed acetaminophen	0	6	0.001