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. 2019 Jun 24;102(1):28–35. doi: 10.1308/rcsann.2019.0091

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.