The Effect of Systemic and Regional Use of Magnesium Sulfate on Postoperative Tramadol Consumption in Lumbar Disc Surgery

Table 3

Comparison of the numeric rating scores (mean rank mean ± SD).

	Group C ()	IV Group ()	IM Group ()
5 mins	45.32 (5.63 ± 1.48)	37.76 (4.88 ± 1.86)	32.83 (3.84 ± 1.64)	0.063
15 mins	44.94 (5.44 ± 1.33)	37.94 (4.68 ± 1.75)	33.12 (3.76 ± 1.51)	0.072
30 mins	44.50 (4.44 ± 1.16)	39.28 (4.20 ± 1.78)	34.22 (3.44 ± 1.39)	0.088
45 mins	43.50 (3.96 ± 1.14)	35.88 (3.44 ± 1.47)	32.62 (3.24 ± 1.23)	0.093
60 mins	45.06 (3.60 ± 1.08)	34.82 (2.96 ± 1.27)	32.72 (2.80 ± 1.19)	0.068
4 hours	40.12 (2.40 ± 1.15)	35.30 (2.12 ± 1.33)	38.58 (2.28 ± 1.31)	0.709
8 hours	33.80 (1.44 ± 1.04)	39.66 (1.76 ± 1.16)	40.54 (1.80 ± 1.22)	0.468
12 hours	36.26 (1.20 ± 1.08)	40.22 (1.48 ± 1.33)	37.52 (1.20 ± 0.87)	0.786
24 hours	31.66 (0.32 ± 0.69)	41.70 (0.96 ± 1.51)	40.64 (0.60 ± 0.71)	0.121

No statistically significant difference was found ().