A Comparative Study between Postoperative Analgesia of Fascia Iliaca Compartment Block and Anterior Quadratus Lumborum Block in Proximal Femur Fracture

Table 3

Total narcotic dose and time to first rescue analgesia and ambulation among the studied groups.

Measures	FICB (N = 64)	QLB (N = 64)	^^ value	Effect size
				Mean ± SE	95% CI
Total narcotic dose (mg)	14.1 ± 3.5	7.9 ± 3.4	<0.001	6.2 ± 0.6	5.0–7.4
Time to first rescue analgesia (hours)	8.5 ± 2.2	14.1 ± 4.5	<0.001	−5.6 ± 0.6	−6.8–4.4
Onset of ambulation (hours)	22.3 ± 4.8	20.1 ± 4.6	0.011	2.2 ± 0.8	0.5–3.8

^Independent t-test. Significant. Effect size: value of FICB relative to QLB. SE, standard error; CI, confidence interval.