Perioperative Dexmedetomidine Fails to Improve Postoperative Analgesic Consumption and Postoperative Recovery in Patients Undergoing Lateral Thoracotomy for Thoracic Esophageal Cancer: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

Table 3

Long-term recovery data.

		Saline (n = 28)	Dexmedetomidine (n = 28)	value	Difference between mean/median	95% confidence interval
SF-8	Baseline	13.10 ± 3.65	12.07 ± 2.88	0.236	1.034 ± 0.863	[−0.694, 2.763]
	1 month after surgery	27.10 ± 5.90	27.72 ± 3.50	0.628	−0.621 ± 1.274	[−3.173, 1.932]
	3 months after surgery	22.90 ± 6.17	24.62 ± 5.52	0.267	−1.724 ± 1.537	[−4.803, 1.354]

Data are reported as the mean ± standard error as appropriate. SF: short-form.