Table 4.
Postoperative 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 | 98 | 2.72 | 0.91 | 27 | 32 | 7 | 0.45 | – | – |
| No | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Morphine PCA: | |||||||||
| Yes | 75 | 3.01 | 0.03 | 25 | 24 | 7 | 0.02 | 39.29 | 0.02 |
| No | 24 | 1.83 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 21.48 | |||
| TAP blocks: | |||||||||
| Yes | 12 | 2.25 | 0.48 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.70 | 25.42 | 0.30 |
| No | 87 | 2.79 | 25 | 28 | 7 | 36.2 | |||
| Nefopam: | |||||||||
| Yes | 29 | 2.66 | 0.85 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0.26 | 35.55 | 0.90 |
| No | 70 | 2.76 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 34.66 | |||
| Codeine phosphate: | |||||||||
| Yes | 7 | 4.14 | 0.21 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.12 | 22.14 | 0.30 |
| No | 92 | 2.62 | 26 | 30 | 5 | 35.87 | |||
| Tramadol: | |||||||||
| Yes | 18 | 2.89 | 0.78 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0.68 | 45.54 | 0.17 |
| No | 81 | 2.69 | 24 | 24 | 6 | 32.5 | |||
| Morphine sulfate (Oromorph®): | |||||||||
| Yes | 24 | 2.38 | 0.38 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0.47 | 34.81 | 0.98 |
| No | 75 | 2.84 | 21 | 23 | 7 | 34.97 | |||
| Epidural: | |||||||||
| Yes | 4 | 0.50 | 0.01 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.26 | 34.75 | 0.992 |
| No | 95 | 2.82 | 27 | 32 | 7 | 34.94 | |||
PCA, patient-controlled anaesthesia; TAP, transversus abdominus plane.