Role of Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation in Pain and Pulmonary Function in Patients after Bariatric Surgery

Table 1

Demographic and anthropometric data, pulmonary function data, pain scale scores, and haemodynamic data in the preoperative period and variables measured in the intraoperative period.

	Intervention group ()	Placebo group ()	value
Demographic and anthropometric data
Male/female	7/26	9/24	0.89
Age (years)			0.040
Height (m)			0.39
Weight (kg)			0.45
BMI (kg/m^2)		43.3 (±6.4)	0.87
Intraoperative data
ST (min)	135 (117–155)	120 (120–146)	0.79
MVT (min)	145 (125–175)	144 (120–161)	0.68

The results are expressed as the or median (interquartile range); BMI: body mass index; ST: surgery time; MVT: mechanical ventilation time.