Table 3.
Intraoperative analgesic regimen and pain-related outcomes.
| Drug | Postoperative pain | Day 1 opioid use | |||||||
| Score | Severity | ||||||||
| (n) | (mean) | P-value | Mild | Moderate | Severe | P-value | Mean (mg) | P-value | |
| Paracetamol: | |||||||||
| Yes | 71 | 2.68 | 0.74 | 19 | 21 | 6 | 0.54 | 36 | 0.61 |
| No | 28 | 2.86 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 32.24 | |||
| NSAIDs: | |||||||||
| Yes | 8 | 2.62 | 0.90 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.82 | 33.92 | 0.92 |
| No | 91 | 2.74 | 25 | 30 | 6 | 35.02 | |||
| Fentanyl: | |||||||||
| Yes | 69 | 2.73 | 0.98 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0.15 | 35.74 | 0.71 |
| No | 30 | 2.73 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 33.06 | |||
| Alfentanil: | |||||||||
| Yes | 4 | 3.00 | 0.72 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.43 | 32 | 0.86 |
| No | 95 | 2.72 | 26 | 30 | 7 | 35.05 | |||
| Remifentanil: | |||||||||
| Yes | 37 | 2.73 | 0.99 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 0.50 | 36.27 | 0.75 |
| No | 62 | 2.73 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 34.06 | |||
| Morphine: | |||||||||
| Yes | 43 | 2.20 | 0.01 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 0.13 | 36.73 | 0.63 |
| No | 56 | 3.42 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 33.51 | |||
| Spinal diamorphine: | |||||||||
| Yes | 55 | 2.18 | 0.01 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 0.02 | 29.55 | 0.07 |
| No | 44 | 3.41 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 41.47 | |||
| TAP blocks: | |||||||||
| Yes | 29 | 2.86 | 0.72 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0.59 | 34.72 | 0.96 |
| No | 70 | 2.67 | 22 | 23 | 4 | 35.02 | |||
| Local anaesthesia: | |||||||||
| Yes | 40 | 2.83 | 0.74 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 0.93 | 35.21 | 0.94 |
| No | 59 | 2.66 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 34.74 | |||
NSAIDS, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; TAP, transversus abdominus plane.