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The Cardiothoracic Surgeon

Table 4 Postoperative morphine consumption daily for each group

From: Continuous paravertebral block by intraoperative direct access versus systemic analgesia for postthoracotomy pain relief

 

TPVB group (n = 32)

SA group (n = 31)

P value

Day 1 (mg/day)

20.1 ± 11.1

37.2 ± 19.1

< 0.001

Day 2 (mg/day)

12.2 ± 8.8

27.4 ± 18.4

< 0.001

Day 3 (mg/day)

9.7 ± 6.2

15.2 ± 11.8

0.028

  1. Total morphine consumption every day presented as mean ± SD
  2. TPVB thoracic paravertebral block, SA systemic analgesia
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