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Table 2 Duration of analgesia and total morphine consumption during the 24 postoperative hours

From: Comparison of analgesic efficacy of perineural dexamethasone in rectus sheath block and intravenous dexamethasone with levobupivacaine in bilateral rectus sheath block for patients undergoing midline abdominal surgery: a randomized controlled trial

 

Group A (n = 35)

Group B (n = 35)

Group C (n = 35)

p-value

Duration of analgesia (min)

418.34 ± 29.22

935.91 ± 121.82

730.31 ± 129.64

 < 0.0001

Total morphine consumption (mg)

13.37 ± 1.68

6.68 ± 2.42

10.2 ± 2.54

 < 0.0001

  1. The duration of analgesia and total morphine consumption were presented in mean ± SD and compared with one-way ANOVA with post hoc Turkey test. P < 0.05 is statistically significant