Regional Anaesthesia Is Associated with Shorter Postanaesthetic Care and Less Pain Than General Anaesthesia after Upper Extremity Surgery

Table 1

Demographics and study variables in the two groups.

⁢	RA	GA
	87	100	—
Sex (male, %)	47	45	0.883
Age (years, median, IQR)	60 (54–70)	54 (33–63)	<0.001
ASA (mean, CI)	1.80 (1.66–1.95)	1.59 (1.47–1.71)	0.023
Outpatient (%)	80	77	0.381
Duration of surgery (minutes, median, IQR)	87 (59–117)	74 (42–105)	0.029
Fracture surgery, yes/no	44%	39%	0.309

ASA, American Society of Anesthesiologists.