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Table 1 Patient backgrounds, clinical data, and perioperative details

From: Continuous paravertebral block using a thoracoscopic catheter-insertion technique for postoperative pain after thoracotomy: a retrospective case-control study

 

PVB (N = 56)

EDA (N = 112)

p

Age (year)

69 ± 10

69 ± 10

0.828

Sex (M/F)

36/20

72/40

1.000

Performance status (0/>1)

43/13

96/16

0.193

Smoking history (pack-year)

23.4 ± 26.1

28.5 ± 31.4

0.293

BMI (kg/m2)

24.2 ± 3.4

22.9 ± 3.1

0.015

FEV1.0%

76.1 ± 10.1

74.0 ± 9.6

0.191

Comorbidity

Diabetes Mellitus

10 (17.9%)

10 (8.9%)

0.128

Acquired heart disease

13 (23.2%)

3 (2.7%)

<0.001

Ischemic cerebrovascular disease

9 (16.1%)

6 (5.4%)

0.040

Type of disease

Lung cancer

47

89

0.232

Metastatic lung tumor

6

21

Benign tumor

1

2

Emphysema

1

0

Mediastinal tumor

1

0

Type of surgery

Lobectomy

38

76

0.637

Segmentectomy

10

21

Wedge resection

7

15

Thymectomy

1

0

Length of skin incision (cm)

13 ± 2

14 ± 3

0.166

Time length of surgery (min)

210 ± 62

223 ± 77

0.271

Intraoperative blood loss (ml)

65 ± 67

70 ± 65

0.803

Side of surgery (L/R)

26/30

43/69

0.324

  1. Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, EDA epidural anesthesia, F female, FEV1 forced expiratory volume in 1 s, L, left, M male, PVB paravertebral block, R right. Data expressed as mean ± standard deviation or n. Bold text indicates a significant value