The Use of Lidocaine and Bupivacaine Mix in Adult Safe Male Circumcision: Less Is More

Table 2

Comparing the means of the two groups, 4 : 4 : 2 and 3 : 3 : 4.

Variable	4 : 4 : 2 group	3 : 3 : 4 group	value
	Age	26 years		25 years	0.280
Weight	63 kg	61 kg	0.900
Breakthrough pain (during procedure)	2	8	0.079
Those with pain at zero minutes (just after procedure)	3	1	0.083
Those with pain at 30 min (after procedure)	20 (20%)	28 (26%)	0.351
Those with pain at 60 min (after procedure)	35 (38%)	26 (24%)	0.035
Mean pain score at zero	5 (3–8)	2	0.370
Mean pain scores at 30 min	4 (1–9)	3.4 (1–9)	0.209
Mean pain score at 60 min	3.3 (1–8)	3.5 (1–7)	0.695
LiB related AEs reported	0	0	—

For the scores at 30 min: those who had a pain score below or equal to 5 (mild pain) were 11/20 and 25/28 for the 4 : 4 : 2 and 3 : 3 : 4 groups, respectively.
For the scores at 60 min: those who had a pain score equal to or below 5 (mild pain) were 23/35 and 19/26 for 4 : 4 : 2 and 3 : 3 : 4 groups, respectively.
Those who registered a pain score of 9 were 2 (<1%), one in each group; all clients that reported pain received additional oral analgesia, and they were not in distress.
All breakthrough pain (during procedure) was classified as mild.