Table 3.

Morphine consumptions at the postoperative 1^st, 6^th, 12^th, 24^th hour.

	Group A (n = 45)	Group B (n = 45)	p
Morphine consumption (mg)
1st hour	1.11 .. 0.57	1.15 .. 0.79	0.280
3rd hour	2.77 .. 1.67	2.73 .. 2.01	0.617
6th hour	4.95 .. 3.32	3.82 .. 2.87	0.431
12th hour	6.68 .. 4.86	5.08 .. 3.37	0.044*
24th hour	8.28 .. 5.79	6.08 .. 3.66	0.022*

Data are presented as mean .. SD.

^⁎0.05, (Mann-Whitney U test).