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Table 5 The intraoperative anesthetic drug requirements: incidences and doses

From: Comparison between thoracic paravertebral block and segmental thoracic spinal anesthesia in breast cancer surgery

Drug

TPVB group

STSA group

p-value

Midazolam n (%)

11 (31.4%)

8 (22.9%)

0.420

Midazolam dose (mg)

0 (0–2)

0 (0–5)

0.365

Fentanyl n (%)

13 (37.1%)*

5 (14.3%)

0.029

Fentanyl dose (mcg)

0 (0–50)*

0 (0–25)

0.015

Propofol n (%)

5 (14.3%)

4 (11.4%)

0.721

Propofol dose (mg)

0 (0–100)

0 (0–100)

0.641

Ephedrine n (%)

12 (34.3%)

24 (68.6%)*

0.004

Ephedrine dose (mg)

0 (0–15)

0 (0–20)*

0.028

Atropine n (%)

3 (8.6%)

3 (8.6%)

1

Atropine dose (mg)

0 (0–0.4)

0 (0–1)

0.112

  1. Data expressed as number (n) and percentage (%) or median (range). n = 35, *significant p ≤ 0.05