Table 5.
Intraoperative and postoperative complications and side effects.
| Variables | Group A N = 35 |
Group B N = 35 |
Total | p-value | Sig. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number (%) | Number (%) | ||||
| Sedation (score > 3) | 7 (20.0) | 4 (11.4) | 11 (15.7) | 0.324 | NS |
| Shivering | 7 (20.0) | 5 (14.3) | 12 (17.1) | 0.752 | NS |
| Bradycardia | 4 (11.4) | 1 (2.9) | 5 (7.1) | 0.325 | NS |
| Hypotension | 2 (5.7) | 2 (5.7) | 4 (5.7) | 1.000 | NS |
| Backache | 2 (5.7) | 1 (2.9) | 3 (4.3) | 1.000 | NS |
| Pruritus | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.9) | 1 (1.4) | 1.000 | NS |
| Respiratory depression | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.9) | 1 (1.4) | 1.000 | NS |
NS – not significant.