Table 1.
Age and weight of castrated dogs, and time measurements of different phases of the castration procedure are summarized in this table.
| Age (months) | Median | 9 |
| SD | 17 | |
| Range | 7–60 | |
| Weight (kg) | Mean | 21.6 |
| SD | 8.2 | |
| Range | 9.0–33.2 | |
| Minutes from injection of sedatives to injection of lidocaine | Mean SD |
17.5 7.6 |
| Range | 5.0–33.0 | |
| Duration of time during injection of lidocaine | Median | 3.0 |
| SD | 0.8 | |
| Range | 1.0–4.0 | |
| Minutes between injection of lidocaine to skin incision | Median SD |
2.0 0.9 |
| Range | 0.0–3.0 | |
| Surgery time (min) from incision to placement of the last suture | Mean SD |
12.3 4.2 |
| Range | 8.0–22.0 | |
| Minutes from placement of the last suture to standing position (likely influenced by the application of a toe pinch). | Median SD Range |
2.0 5.3 0.0–14.0 |
The mean is displayed for normally distributed outcome variables, while the median was included as the measure of central tendency for non-normal data.