PubMed Central, : RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2017 January; 8(1): e0006. ISSN: 2076-9172Published online 2017 January 30. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10281.

Table 2.

Pain Intensity and Drug Consumption.

	FNBG (n=30)	MNBG (n=31)	Control (n=29)	P Value
	FNBG (n=30)	MNBG (n=31)	Control (n=29)	FNBG versus MNBG	FNBG versus Control	MNBG versus Control
Pain intensity (NP scale) in PACU	1.73±0.17	1.13±0.08	2.9±0.23	0.001	<0.0001	<0.0001
Morphine consumption (mg) in PACU (total)^*	8.77±1.31	2.06±0.86	16.97±1.26	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001
Pain at rest (VAS) (mm), POD-0	49.00±4.86	26.87±5.16	48.34±4.54	0.003	NS	0.005
Morphine consumption (PCA) (mg), POD-0	14.77±1.89	2.32±0.79	21.97±2.21	<0.0001	0.02	<0.0001
Pain at rest (VAS) (mm), POD-1	35.93±5.26	26.13±4.31	34.45±4.84	NS	NS	NS
Morphine consumption (PCA) (mg), POD-1	9.30±1.60	8.52±1.83	18.38±2.35	NS	0.003	<0.0001
Flexion (centigrade), POD-1	63.83±3.97	60.63±5.49	59.14±2.93	NS	NS	NS
Pain at flexion (VAS), POD-1	63.47±4.22	62.61±6.13	75.90±3.32	NS	0.03	0.02
Extension (centigrade), POD-1	171.67±1.56	130.23±14.17	161.90±8.27	NS	NS	NS
Pain at extension (VAS), POD-1	44.90±4.69	40.13±6.96	41.03±6.09	NS	NS	NS

All values are presented as mean±SE.

^*Morphine consumption (mg) in PACU (total): morphine that was injected by method of titration in the PACU immediately after surgery followed by PCA.

FNBG, femoral nerve block group; MNBG, multiple nerve block group; NP scale, Modified Nurses’ Assessment of Postoperative Pain Scale; PACU, postanesthesia care unit; POD, postoperative day; VAS, visual analogue scale.

RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2017 January; 8(1): e0006. ISSN: 2076-9172

Published online 2017 January 30. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10281