Efficacy of preemptive intercostal nerve block on recovery in patients undergoing video-assisted thoracic lobectomy

Table 1 Preoperative characteristics of patients

Variable	Pre-ICNB group (n = 38)	Post-ICNB group (n = 43)	P value
Median Age (y)	58.08 ± 9.02	60.16 ± 8.50	0.288
BMI (kg/m²)	22.99 ± 3.16	23.89 ± 3.0	0.195
Gender (n, %)			0.494
Male	17 (44.7%)	16 (37.2%)
Female	21 (55.3%)	27 (62.8%)
Comorbidity (n, %)
Hypertension	1(2.6%)	8 (18.6%)	0.023
Diabetes	1 (2.6%)	4 (9.3%)	0.216
Neurological disease	1 (2.6%)	0	0.287
Pulmonary disease	1 (2.6%)	1(2.3%)	0.930
ASA score (n, %)			0.051
I	34 (87%)	31 (72.1%)
II	4 (13%)	12 (27.9%)
Revised cardiac risk index (n, %)			0.287
1 point	37 (97.4%)	43 (100%)
2 points	1 (2.6%)	0
LVEF value%	71.02 ± 6.80	69.95 ± 5.38	0.434
Pulmonary function tests (%)
FVC % predicted	101.28 ± 13.80	102.83 ± 23.37	0.715
FEV₁% predicted	93.42 ± 15.38	99.04 ± 18.59	0.149
Surgical location (n, %)			0.195
Upper lobe	19 (50%)	27 (62.8%)
Middle lobe	5 (13.2%)	6 (14.0%)
Lower lobe	14 (36.8%)	10 (23.3%)
Surgical site (n, %)			0.176
Left side	18 (47.4%)	14 (32.6%)
Right side	20 (52.6%)	29 (67.4%)
Tumor size (mm)	22.18 ± 7.40	20.21 ± 10.65	0.342

BMI, Body mass index; ASA, American Society of Anesthesiologists; LVEF, Left ventricular ejection fraction; RCRI, Revised cardiac risk index; FVC% predicted, the Forced vital capacity in percent of predicted; FEV₁% predicted, the Forced expiratory volume in the first second in percent of predicted.

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