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Table 2.

Pain Intensity and Drug Consumption.

	TAP (n=50)	ILI+IHG (n=49)	CG (n=50)	P value
	TAP (n=50)	ILI+IHG (n=49)	CG (n=50)	TAP versus ILI+IHG	TAP versus CG	ILI+IHG versus CG
Pain intensity (by NP scale) in PACU	0.72	0.86	1.6	0.373	0.001	0.008
Morphine consumption (mg) in PACU	4.24	3.94	7.08	0.573	0.049	0.017
Pain at rest, 24 h post operation by visual analogue scale (mm, 1–100)	37.46	30.84	35.28	NS	NS	NS
Pain at motion, 24 h post operation by visual analogue scale (mm, 1–100)	46.37	39.87	51.21	NS	NS	NS
Dipyrone consumption during 24 h after operation	327	41	380	<0.0001	0.37	<0.0001
Morphine consumption, first day after PACU discharge	18.76	10.69	18.12	0.004	0.901	0.001

Control group: Patients in this group received intraoperative genitofemoral block only.

CG, control group; ILI+IHG, Ilioinguinal and iliohypogastric nerve blocks group; NP, modified nurses’ assessment of postoperative pain scale; PACU, post anesthesia care unit; TAP, transversus abdominis plane block group. See text for details.

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