Table 1.

Patient characteristics and intraoperative parameters

	Mean±SD		P
	Group 1 (n=25)	Group II (n=25)
Age (years)	52.84±9.6	47.04±12.8	0.078
Weight (kg)	67.72±5.8	70.64±11.6	0.270
Height (cm)	159.08±6.1	162.04±8.0	0.149
BMI (kg/m)	26.78±2.1	26.4±3.3	0.638
Duration of surgery (min)	85.44±15.7	93.24±13.9	0.070
Length of hospital stay (h)	23.64±2.9	22.56±3.2	0.026*

*P<0.05 is considered statistically significant. Data are mean±SD. Group I=Control group, Group II=TAP group, SD=Standard deviation, TAP=Transversus abdominal plane