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Table 2 Intra-operative and post-operative details

From: Effects of depth of neuromuscular block on surgical operating conditions in women undergoing gynecologic laparoscopic surgery: a randomized clinical trial

 

Deep NMB

(n = 24)

Moderate NMB (n = 24)

p value

Intra-operative surgical complications

1

 None

21 (87%)

21 (87%)

 Intra-operative bleeding

3 (12%)

3 (12%)

Patients discharged from operating room (n.o)

0.1

 At 15–30 min

6 (25%)

3 (12%)

 At 30–45 min

10 (42%)

6 (25%)

 At 45–60 min

8 (33%)

15 (63%)

Patients requiring rescue analgesics in PACU (n.o)

8 (33%)

15 (63%)

0.04

Patients requiring an additional dose of sugammadex (n.o)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1

Trendelenburg (degrees)

13 ± 1

17 ± 2

< 0.01

Patients with symptoms in PACU at 15 min (n.o)

0.07

 Pain

12 (50%)

18 (75%)

 

 PONV

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 

 Itch

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 

Patients with PONV at 24 h (n.o)

2 (8%)

0 (0%)

0.1

Patients with respiratory complications at 24 h (n.o)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1

Mean VAS at 24 h

0.2 ± 1

1 ± 1

< 0.01

  1. Values are mean, standard deviation (SD) or number of patients (proportion, %)
  2. n.o number, NMB neuromuscular block, PACU post-anesthesia care unit, PONV post-operative nausea and vomiting, VAS visual analogue scale for pain
  3. Boldface data, statistically significant*not predictable, constant