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Table 5 Characteristics of patients undergoing segmental resection (n = 213)

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 = 113)

Opioid group (n = 100)

p-value

Age (years)

63.1 ± 11.6

62.5 ± 12.4

n.s.

Male gender (%)

56.6

51.0

n.s.

Hospital stay (days)

9.6 ± 4.4

8.9 ± 4.0

n.s.

Pre-existing pain therapy (%)

11.5

15.0

n.s.

Dismission with oral opioid (%)

84.1

82.0

n.s.

Opiod dose after dismission (mg)

28.8 ± 15.3

27.2 ± 14.7

n.s.

Time to first dejection (days)

3.5 ± 1.6

3.6 ± 1.9

n.s.

EDA duration (days)

4.3 ± 1.3

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  1. Data are presented as means ± SD.