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Table 2 The pain experience and used of morphine -comparison between the groups

From: Intra-arterial lidocaine administration during uterine fibroid embolization to reduce the immediate postoperative pain: a prospective randomized study

 

Lidocaine group

Control group

p-value

Pain experience 2 h after UFE (mean-SD)

42.7 ± 21.4

61.1 ± 20.4

p < 0.02

Pain experience 4 h after UFE (mean-SD)

39.7 ± 23.1

53.7 ± 21

p < 0.06

Pain experience 7 h after UFE (mean-SD)

41.5 ± 20.8

42.8 ± 15.4

p < 0.83

Pain experience 10 h after UFE (mean-SD)

34.7 ± 19.6

31.8 ± 12.5

p < 0.61

Pain experience 24 h after UFE (mean-SD)

20.7 ± 14.5

27.3 ± 12.5

p < 0.15

Total amount of used morphine mean value (mg-SD)

11.2 ± 7.3 (range: 4–32)

20.2 ± 10.8 (range:10–44)

p < 0.03