A Triple-Masked, Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Ultrasound-Guided Brachial Plexus and Distal Peripheral Nerve Block Anesthesia for Outpatient Hand Surgery

Table 1

Demographic and surgical observations.

	Distal group (𝑛=7)	Proximal group (𝑛=7)	𝑃 value
Age, years	54.0 (5.1)	53.7 (5.6)	0.92
Sex, 𝑛 (m/f)	3/4	3/4	0.99
Height, cm	163.0 (9.1)	164.7 (11.8)	0.77
Weight, kg	86.5 (16.2)	87.6 (17.1)	0.90
Surgery duration, min	12.1 (2.6)	15.7 (4.5)	0.09
Tourniquet duration, min	8.0 (2.2)	10.0 (3.4)	0.21
Surgeon’s satisfaction, 1–7	7 (7, 7)	7 (7, 7)	0.39

Continuous data are presented as mean (SD) when normally distributed or median (interquartile range) when not normally distributed; count data are presented as number of subjects as appropriate.