Table 1.
Patient-controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA) characteristics in patients undergoing minimally invasive repair of pectus with and without an enhanced recovery pathway (ERP).
| Postoperative day | ERP-treated patients (n=29) | Non-ERP-treated patients (controls; n=93) | P value | |
| Thoracic-level PCEA, n (%) | <.001 | |||
| T8-10 | 26 (90) | 0 (0) | ||
| Other | 3 (10) | 93 (100) | ||
| Problema, n (%) | .03 | |||
| Yes: no | 1:28 (0.3) | 20:73 (22) | ||
| Horner syndrome | 0 (0) | 12 (60) | ||
| Motor blockade | 0 (0) | 3 (15) | ||
| Prematurely removed | 1 (0.3) | 5 (25) | ||
| Length of PCEA, mean (SD) | 5.76 (1.02) | 4.67 (1.20) | <.001 | |
aProblem defined as Horner syndrome, motor blockade, or unforeseen premature PCEA discontinuation.