Improved Analgesic Effect of Paravertebral Blocks before and after Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery: A Prospective, Double-Blinded, Randomized Controlled Trial
Table 1
Demographic and surgical data.
Group A
Group B
Group C
value
Number of patients
15
15
14
Gender
0.951
Male
8 (53.33%)
7 (46.67%)
7 (50.00%)
Female
7 (46.67%)
8 (53.33%)
7 (50.00%)
Age (y)
53.00 (40.00, 58.00)
56.00 (51.00, 64.00)
55.50 (45.25, 66.25)
0.357
BMI (kg/m2)
22.40 ± 3.68
23.38 ± 3.79
23.56 ± 3.56
0.656
ASA I
2 (13.33%)
2 (13.33%)
2 (14.29%)
1
ASA II
13 (86.67%)
12 (80.00%)
10 (71.42%)
0.587
ASA III
0 (0%)
1 (6.67%)
2 (14.29%)
0.302
Operation time (min)
90.00 (70.00, 110.00)
85.00 (65.00, 145.00)
81.50 (79.50, 111.25)
0.921
Type of surgery
Wedge resection
7 (46.67%)
10 (66.67%)
6 (42.86%)
0.420
Lobectomy
3 (20.00%)
4 (26.67%)
4 (28.57%)
0.912
Segmentectomy
4 (26.67%)
0 (0%)
4 (28.57%)
0.087
Others
1 (6.66%)
1 (6.66%)
0 (0%)
1
Number of ports
0.566
2
4 (26.67%)
5 (33.33%)
2 (14.29%)
3
11 (73.33%)
10 (66.67%)
12 (85.71%)
Duration of chest drain (days)
4 (3, 5)
4 (3, 6)
3.5 (3, 4.5)
0.426
There were no significant differences in demographic and surgical data among the three groups. Numerical data were presented as numbers (percentages). Variables with a normal distribution were presented as mean ± standard deviation (SD). Variables with a skewed distribution were presented as median (quartiles). BMI: body mass index, ASA: anesthesiologists’ physical class.
