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Table 3 Postoperative pain management

From: Two-trocar appendectomy in children – description of technique and comparison with conventional laparoscopic appendectomy

 

Two-trocar LA (N = 68)

Three-trocar LA (N = 135)

p-value

Morphine administration

15 (22)

37 (27)

0.502b

Total amount of morphinea (mg/kg)

0.11 ± 0.09

0.11 ± 0.09

0.744c

NSAID administration

38 (57)

73 (54)

0.772b

 Single doses

25 (37)

45 (33)

0.644b

 Regular treatment

13 (20)

28 (21)

1.000b

Paracetamol intravenously (doses)

2 (0–10)

2 (0–18)

0.914d

  1. Negative appendectomies and patients with surgical and postoperative complications excluded. Values are given as: n (%) = absolute number and percentage of patients; mean ± standard deviation (SD); or median (min–max)
  2. LA laparoscopic appendectomy, NSAID nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
  3. a In patients receiving morphine
  4. b Fisher’s exact test
  5. c Student’s t-test, two-tailed
  6. d Mann–Whitney U-test, two-tailed