Table 1.
Patient characteristics and clinical information of the patients in treatment groups
| IINB (N=45) | TAP (N=45) | Overall (N=90) | |
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| Age | 46.4±13.8 | 47.6±12.8 | 47.0±13.2 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 25.1±2.4 | 25.3±2.1 | 25.2±2.2 |
| Weight (kg) | 76.6±9.1 | 77.8±7.5 | 77.2±8.3 |
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| Type of anesthesia | |||
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| General | 30 (66.7%) | 29 (64.4%) | 59 (65.6%) |
| Spinal | 14 (31.1%) | 15 (33.3%) | 29 (32.2%) |
| Epidural | 1 (2.2%) | 1 (2.2%) | 2 (2.2%) |
| Required analgesics | 18 (40.0%) | 17 (37.8%) | 35 (38.9%) |
| PONV | 1 (2.2%) | 3 (6.7%) | 4 (4.4%) |
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| Patient satisfaction with the quality of analgesia* | |||
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| Extremely satisfied | 5 (11.1%) | 3 (6.7%) | 8 (8.9%) |
| Satisfied | 15 (33.3%) | 3 (6.7%) | 18 (40.0%) |
| Neutral | 18 (40.0%) | 26 (57.8%) | 44 (48.9%) |
| Dissatisfied | 7 (15.6%) | 13 (28.9%) | 20 (22.2%) |
| Extremely dissatisfied | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) |
Note:
*
P-value for this comparison was 0.008.
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; IINB, ilioinguinal/iliohypogastric; PONV, post operative nausea and vomiting; TAP, transversus abdominis plane.