Clinical efficacy of local infiltration of lidocaine and tranexamic acid application in tonsillar region on postoperative pain and bleeding during tonsillectomy: prospective, randomized, double-blind controlled study

Ain-Shams Journal of Anesthesiology

Table 3 Operative time (min), anesthesia time (min), postoperative paracetamol consumption (g/24 h), time to request of analgesic (h), and no. of children received analgesics in 24 h of the studied groups

Groups	Group (T) (n = 41)	Group (N) (n = 41)	p-value
Parameters	Group (T) (n = 41)	Group (N) (n = 41)	p-value
Operative time (min.) (mean ± SD)	42.65 ± 4.25	47.50 ± 5.87	0.046*
Anesthesia time (min) (mean ± SD)	48.65 ± 4.85	50.65 ± 7.85	0.025*
Paracetamol (g/24 h) (mean ± SD)	0.55 ± 0.16	1.05 ± 0.24	0.032*
Time to needed analgesic (h) (mean ± SD)	3.67 ± 0.78	1.5 ± 0.65	0.027*
Number of children received analgesics in 24 h	15 (36.5%)	29 (70.1%)	0.034*

Group T, received lidocaine (2%) 2 ml and tranexamic acid 1.5 ml. Group N, received 3.5 ml of normal saline
^*Statistically significant at p-value ≤ 0.05