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Table 4 Characteristics of patients undergoing lobectomy (n = 562)

From: The impact of epidural analgesia compared to systemic opioid-based analgesia with regard to length of hospital stay and recovery of bowel function: retrospective evaluation of 1555 patients undergoing thoracotomy

 

EDA group (n = 359)

Opioid group (n = 203)

p-value

Age (years)

62.1 ± 11.0

64.2 ± 10.4

0.02

Male gender (%)

58.5

54.2

n.s.

Hospital stay (days)

10.3 ± 4.9

10.6 ± 5.1

n.s.

Pre-existing pain therapy (%)

6.4

13.8

0.004

Dismission with oral opioid (%)

87.7

75.4

<0.001

Opiod dose after dismission (mg)

28.2 ± 14.5

24.7 ± 15.1

0.02

Time to first dejection (days)

3.8 ± 1.6

4.2 ± 2.7

0.06

EDA duration (days)

4.3 ± 1.5

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  1. Data are presented as means ± SD.