11 October 2021>: Clinical Research
Comparison of 2 Peripheral Nerve Blocks Techniques for Functional Recovery and Postoperative Pain Management After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Prospective, Double-Blinded, Randomized Trial
Inna Jaremko 1ACDEF , Karina Lukaševič 1ABCDEF* , Šarūnas Tarasevičius 2CDE , Linas Zeniauskas 2DEF , Andrius Macas 1ADE , Arūnas Gelmanas 1ADEFDOI: 10.12659/MSM.932848
Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e932848
Table 1 Characteristics of the patient groups.
FT+ACBsn=40 (51.9%) | FNBn=37 (48.1%) | p value | ||
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M (SD), years | 68.5 (9.8) | 69.1 (9.3) | 0.783* | |
Male (n, %) | 11 (27.5) | 13 (35.1) | 0.47** | |
Female (n,%) | 29 (72.5) | 24 (64.9) | ||
I (n,%) | 2 (5.0) | 2 (5.4) | 0.993** | |
II (n,%) | 36 (90.0) | 33 (89.2) | ||
III (n,%) | 2 (5.0) | 2 (5.4) | ||
M (SD), kg/m | 31.2 (5.7) | 31.9 (5.5) | 0.596* | |
Data are expressed as mean±SD or n (%), as appropriate. FT+ACBs – distal femoral triangle and distal adductor canal blocks; FNB – femoral nerve block; M – mean; SD – standard deviation; n – number of subjects; BMI – body mass index. * test; ** χ test. |