Research Article

Anesthesia for Open Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy: A Comparison between Combined Spinal Epidural Anesthesia and Combined General Epidural Anesthesia

Table 1

Perioperative parameters.

CGECSEDifference (95% CI),
method by Hodges Lehmann),
P value

Age (years)65.8 ± 6.964.7 ± 7.3-1 (-2/ 0), 0.014
ASA physical class2.1 ± 0.562.0 ± 0.570 (0/ 0), <0.001
Body height (cm)175.4 ± 7.2177.4 ± 7.72 (1/ 3), <0.001
Body weight (kg)82.9 ± 11.884.1 ± 12.21 (0/ 2), 0.129
Preoperative visit time (min)27.2 ± 6.626.9 ± 7.20 (0/ 0), 0.281
All results are shown as mean ± SD, p < 0.05 significant

Blood Loss (cc)569 (231-700)355 (150-500)-100 (-183/ -100), <0.001
Crystalloid (cc)2775 (2000-3000)2109 (1500-2500)-500 (-500/ -500), <0.001
Colloid (cc)1081 (500-1500)830 (500-1000)0 (-500 / 0), <0.001
All results are shown as mean ± SD, p < 0.05 significant

Norepinephrine max(mg/h)0.33 ± 0.530.06 ± 0.11-0.20 (-0.20 / -0.20), <0.001
Atropine(mg)0.17 ± 0.360.25 ± 0.40.00 (0.00 / 0.00), <0.001
All results are shown as median (range percentiles 25-75), p < 0.05 significant

Total Anesthesia Time (min)212 ± 72117 ± 19-79 (-84 / -75), <0.001
Waiting Time (min)19 ± 1216 ± 9-3 (-4 / -2), <0.001
Anesthesia less Surgery (min)78 ± 2647 ± 19-27 (-29 / -25), <0.001
Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (min)182 ± 88160 ± 71-18 (-26 / -11), <0.001
Total Hospital Stay (d)11.0 ± 4.79.9 ± 2.8-1 (-1/ 0), <0.001
All results are expressed as mean ± SD, p < 0.05 significant