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Rescue analgesia
| Number of patients requiring rescue analgesia | Number of times rescue analgesia needed | Time for first rescue analgesia | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Once | Twice | Thrice | Mean (h) | SD | ||
| A (TEA) n=25 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5.272 | 3.663 |
| B (ICN) n=25 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3.909 | 3.700 |
| P | 0.777 | 0.494 | 0.2340 | |||
TEA: Thoracic epidural analgesia, ICN: Intercostal nerve block, SD: Standard deviation
