Table 1.

Patient characteristics and analgaesic consumption

	Epidural (n = 24)	Lumbar plexus (n = 24)	P value
Age (years)	61.2 (2.55)	62.1 (2.32)	0.795
Gender (male)	12 (50.0)	11 (47.8)	0.773
Race (white)	23 (95.8)	18 (75.0)	0.097
OR time (h)	2.54(0.14)	3.15 (0.15)	0.005
Total morphine equivalents (mg)	53.9 (6.31)	48.6 (5.21)	0.506
Intraoperative (mg)	7.90 (1.33)	12.2 (1.24)	0.008
Postoperative (mg)	46.0 (5.86)	36.4 (4.91)	0.190

Continuous variables: mean (standard error); categorical variables n (%)

ME morphine equivalents

Significant P values (less than or equal to 0.05) were bolded