Spinal versus General Anaesthesia in Postoperative Pain Management during Transurethral Procedures

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of the patients according to the type of anaesthesia.

	Regional	General	P-value
Age (years) (mean ± S.D.)	69.76 ± 7.42	67.22 ± 10.14	NS
Stage (n)
No cancer	12	18
pTa-pT1	17	25	NS
pT2	13	11
Grade (n)			NS
No cancer	12	18
GI-GII	16	16
GIII	14	8

NS: non significant, M/F: male/female, VAS: visual analogue pain score, median (range) and mean ± standard deviation (S.D.)