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. 2020 May 22;10:8526. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-65604-x

Table 6.

Analysis of direct costs by type of anesthesia.

Anesthesia General QL Mann-Whitney
Median 25% 75% Median 25% 75% p
Anesthesia cost (US$) 140.87 96.26 200.93 90.38 79.67 93.92 <0.001*
Hospital cost (US$) * 400.00 300.00 400.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 <0.001*
Anesthesia + hospital cost (US$) ** 496.26 440.04 540.87 190.38 181.45 194.52 <0.001*

QL: quadratus lumborum anesthesia. Data are expressed as medians and quartiles and analyzed using the Mann-Whitney test.

*Significant.

**The mesh cost was not included; all patients received the same type of mesh.