Table 1.

Preoperative Data.

TAP (n=50) ILI+IHG Group (n=49) Control Group (n=50) P
Age (years) 50±17 46±19 49±16 NS
Height (m) 1.75±0.07 1.73±0.07 1.73±0.08 NS
BW (kg) 77.83±12.15 77.24±10.79 74.38±11.92 NS
BMI 25.47±3.55 25.84±3.67 24.66±3.44 NS
Pain* (rest) in mm 6.54±12.84 9.12±19.68 5.34±13.56 NS
Pain* (motion) in mm 39.66±27.51 28.61±29.17 29.60±32.10 NS
Block performance time (min) 11.48±4.82 11.80±4.07 NS

All values are presented as mean±SD.

*Pain intensity at rest and during motion were measured by visual analogue scale (VAS) in mm.

BMI, body mass index; ILI+IHG, ilioinguinal and iliohypogastric nerve blocks group; NS, no statistically significant difference between groups; TAP, transversus abdominis plane block group.

RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2016 July; 7(3): e0021. ISSN: 2076-9172
Published online 2016 July 28. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10248