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Table 4 Secondary outcomes

From: Analgesic efficacy of an opioid-free postoperative pain management strategy versus a conventional opioid-based strategy following laparoscopic radical gastrectomy: an open-label, randomized, controlled, non-inferiority trial

Secondary outcomes

C-STAPB group (n = 46)

Conventional group (n = 49)

P value

Postoperative recovery outcomes

 Time of defecation, mean (SD), h

29.56 ± 5.33

50.12 ± 3.90

0.03

 Bowel movement, mean (SD), h

1.76 ± 0.26

2.10 ± 0.39

0.01

 Off-bed, mean (SD), day

2.17 ± 0.64

2.00 ± 0.58

0.17

 PLOS, mean (SD), day

8.96 ± 1.63

9.43 ± 2.03

0.44

Postoperative daily food intake

  

 < 0.001

 Day 1, mean (SD), ml

64.24 ± 60.82

20.10 ± 19.86

 < 0.001

 Day 2, mean (SD), ml

200.98 ± 121.75

65.31 ± 25.83

 < 0.001

 Day 3, mean (SD), ml

457.17 ± 218.90

151.53 ± 58.09

 < 0.001

 Day 4, mean (SD), ml

713.63 ± 234.37

280.72 ± 106.26

 < 0.001

Postoperative complication

 Flush

0 (0)

0 (0)

1.00

 Nausea or vomit

3 (6.52)

11 (22.45)

0.03

 Dizziness

6 (13.04)

9 (18.37)

0.45

 Bradycardia

0 (0)

0 (0)

1.00

 Pneumonia

2 (4.35)

1 (2.04)

0.52

 Delirium

0 (0)

0 (0)

1.00

 Spasticity

0 (0)

0 (0)

1.00

 Retention of urine

1 (2.17)

1 (2.04)

0.96

 Other surgical complications

2 (4.35)

3 (6.12)

0.70

  1. C-STAPB continuous transversus abdominis plane block, PLOS postoperative length of stay