Table 3.
Details of perioperative motor power of LLs during study
| Variable | Preoperative | Time (hr) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 48 | 72 | ||
| RD group | |||||||
| Motor power in Rt LL | |||||||
| M2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| M3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| M4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 |
| M5 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Motor power in Lt LL | |||||||
| M2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| M3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| M4 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| M5 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| R group | |||||||
| Motor power of Rt LL | |||||||
| M2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| M4 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 14 |
| M5 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Motor power of Lt LL | |||||||
| M2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| M4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
| M5 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 |
Values are presented as number of patients. R group: epidural ropivacaine only; RD group: epidural ropivacaine with dexmedetomidine.
Rt, right; Lt, left; LL, lower limb.