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. 2019 Jul 6;19:120. doi: 10.1186/s12871-019-0797-4

Table 2.

Postoperative Visual Analog Scale values and incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting and urinary retention according to the analgesic protocol

Visual Analog Scale values PONV Urinary retention
time H0 H1 H2 H12 H24 H48 H72
Systemic analgesia alone (n = 15)
 At rest 4.5 [2–7] 4 [4–6] 3 [2–4] 3 [2–6] 3 [2–6] 2 [1.5–4] 2 [0–4] 3 (21%) 1 (7%)
 On coughing 6.5 [5–8] 7 [5–8] 5 [4–6] 5 [4–7] 5 [4–7] 5 [4–5] 3 [2.5–5]
Paravertebral block with continuous infusion through a catheter (n = 9)
 At rest 5 [1–6] 6 [1–6] 4 [1–4] 4 [2–5] 3 [2–4] 2 [2–4] 2 [0–4] 2 (22%) 2 (22%)
 On coughing 8 [4.5–9] 8 [4.5–9] 4 [3.5–5.5] 6 [4–9.5] 4.5 [3–6] 5 [3–7.5] 4 [2.5–5]
Single-injection serratus plane block (n = 16)
 At rest 4.5 [0.5–7] 5.5 [3–6] 3 [1–3.5] 3 [3–4] 3.0 [3–4] 3 [2–4] 2 [0–3] 2 (13%) 1 (6%)
 On coughing 6.5 [1–8] 6 [3–7] 4 [2–5] 5 [4–7.5] 4.5 [3–6] 5 [4–6] 3 [2–4]
Serratus plane block with continuous infusion through a catheter (n = 19)
 At rest 4.5 [0–6] 3 [0–6] 1 [0–3] 3 [2–5.5] 2 [1.5–4.5] 2 [0–4] 1 [0–2] 8 (42%) 0 (0%)
 On coughing 6 [1–8] 5 [3–7] 3 [3–5] 4.5 [3–6] 3 [3–6] 4 [1–5] 2 [2–3]

Values are expressed as median [25e-75e percentiles] or n (%)

PONV postoperative nausea and vomiting