Does the Use of Nitroglycerin Patch Improve Local Anaesthetic Effects in Bier’s Block? A Double-Blind Placebo Controlled Study

Table 3

VAS scores for tourniquet pain.

	Group C	Group N	value
5 min	0.68 ± 0.69	0.52 ± 0.59	0.065
10 min	1.44 ± 0.77	0.68 ± 0.63	<0.001
15 min	2.24 ± 0.52	1.04 ± 0.35	<0.001
20 min	3.28 ± 0.79	1.44 ± 0.58	<0.001
25 min	2.68 ± 0.69	2.12 ± 0.78	<0.001
30 min	2.44 ± 0.58	2.96 ± 0.61	0.001
End of surgery	2.24 ± 0.44	2.52 ± 0.51	0.099

Data are represented as mean ± SD; statistically significant at ; min: minutes.