A Randomized Controlled Trial: Comparison of 4% Articaine versus 0.5% Bupivacaine for Ambulatory Orthopedic Surgery under Supraclavicular Block

Table 3

Visual analogue scale and patient satisfaction.

	Articaine group	Bupivacaine group	value
Time to VAS score of 5 in min	156.83 ± 30.96	166.33 ± 14.02	0.096
Patient satisfaction (/10)	9.2	9.1	0.59
Time to home discharge readiness in min	289.67 ± 2.73	379.71 ± 30.27	<0.0001

Data are expressed as the mean ± standard deviation, NS =  = not significant, and S =  = significant.