Electroacupuncture for Bladder Function Recovery in Patients Undergoing Spinal Anesthesia

Table 3

Time to spontaneous micturition, urine volume, and infusion volume in different age group.

	EA group		Control group
	Younger age group	Older age group	Younger age group	Older age group
	(≤50 years)	(>50 years)	(≤50 years)	(>50 years)
	8	23	8	20
Time to SM (min)^a	167 ± 40	248 ± 77^*	335 ± 120	297 ± 79
Urine volume (mL)^b	299 ± 117	353 ± 104	276 ± 139	345 ± 115
Infusion volume (mL)^b	1613 ± 158	1637 ± 302	1731 ± 281	1612 ± 263

Values are given as mean ± standard deviation. ^aDifference was analyzed by two-sample -test between the two groups; ^bDifference was analyzed by Mann-Whitney test between the two groups. versus younger age group. EA: electroacupuncture; SM: spontaneous micturition.