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Table 5 Postoperative pain intensity during activity (VAS score during activity)

From: Ultrasound-guided transversus thoracic muscle plane-pectoral nerve block for postoperative analgesia after modified radical mastectomy: a comparison with the thoracic paravertebral nerve block

 

TTP-PECS group

TPVB group

P value

Postoperative 2 h

1.86 ± 0.68

1.81 ± 0.72

0.76

Postoperative 6 h

2.30 ± 0.73

2.27 ± 0.80

0.86

Postoperative 12 h

2.68 ± 0.68*

3.42 ± 0.57

0.00

Postoperative 24 h

3.12 ± 0.57

3.07 ± 0.62

0.71

  1. VAS scores during the activity of all the patients were lower than 5, also suggesting none of the patients suffered severe pain. At 12 h after the operation, the VAS scores during the activity were lower in the TTP-PECS group compared with the TPVB group. Data are expressed as mean ± SD (39 in the TTP-PECS group and 38 in the TPVB group)
  2. *P < 0.05, versus the TPVB group