Table 2.

First Time to Request Analgesia, Postoperative Fentanyl Consumption and Nausea and Vomiting in Block and Conventional Groups

	Block Group (n=20)	Conventional Group (n=20)	Test of Significance
First time to request analgesia (minutes)
-Min-Max  -Median (1Q-3Q)	540.00–1440.00 1080.00 (840.00–1170.00)	15.00–30.00 27.50 (15.00–30.00)	Z(MW)= 5.475 p=<.001*
Postoperative fentanyl consumption (mic)
-Min-Max  -Median (1Q-3Q)	40.00–100.00 50.00 (50.00–80.00)	400.00–1200.00 930.00 (800.00–1150.00)	Z(MW)= 5.458 p=<.001*
Postoperative nausea and vomiting
-n  -% within group  -% within event	0 0.00% 0.00%	10 50.00% 100.00%	Z=3.6515 p=<.001*

Note: *Statistically significant (p<0.05).

Abbreviations: n, number of patients; Min-Max, minimum – maximum; 1Q-3Q, first quartile – third quartile; MW, Mann–Whitney test.