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. 2019 Jan-Mar;13(1):126–131. doi: 10.4103/aer.AER_176_18

Table 2.

Postoperative pain scores visual analog scale, rescue analgesia, and postoperative nausea and vomiting

Mean±SD P

Group 1 (n=25) Group II (n=25)
VAS score
 30 min 5.04±1.42 4.12±1.2 0.017*
 60 min 5.16±0.98 4.04±1.3 0.001*
 90 min 4.68±0.98 4.04±1.4 0.079
 120 min 4.56±0.87 3.56±1.15 0.001*
 4 h 4.64±0.86 3.56±1.04 <0.001*
 6 h 5.12±0.97 3.40±1.32 <0.001*
 12 h 4.24±0.879 2.84±1.21 <0.001*
 24 h 3.40±0.57 2.28±1.13 <0.001*
Rescue analgesia, n (%)
 30 min 15±60.0 4±16.0 0.003*
 60 min 11±44.0 8±32.0 0.32
 90 min 9±36.0 4±16.0 0.196
 120 min 10±40.0 2±8.0 0.018*
PONV, n (%)
 4 h 10±40.0 4±16.0 0.114
 6 h 18±72.0 5±20.0 <0.001*
 12 h 9±36.0 2±8.0 0.037*
 24 h 1±4.0 1±4.0 1
 30 min 15±60.0 4±16.0 0.049*
 60 min 3±12.0 1±4.0 0.609
 90 min 1±4.0 1±4.0 1
 120 min 0±0.0 0±0.0 -

*P<0.05 is statistically significant. Data are n, mean±SD, and percentage. Group I=Control group, Group II=TAP group, PONV=Postoperative nausea and vomiting, TAP=Transversus abdominal plane, VAS=Visual analog scale, SD=Standard deviation