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Table 5 Operation-related factors and their association with pain occurrence

From: Assessment of pain and postoperative nausea and vomiting and their association in the early postoperative period: an observational study from Palestine

Operation-related factors

With post-operative pain; N = 157 (%)

Without post-operative pain; N = 54 (%)

P value*

Type of surgery

 General surgery/Laparotomy

51 (32.5)

14(25.9)

0.002

 Laparoscopic

38 (24.2)

7 (13.0)

 Orthopedic

22 (14.0)

4 (7.4)

 Otorhinolaryngology

24 (15.3)

11 (20.4)

 Urosurgery

9 (5.7)

12 (22.2)

 Neurosurgery

8 (5.1)

3 (5.6)

 Vascular

1 (0.5)

3 (5.6)

 Gynecological

4 (1.9)

0 (0.0)

Duration of surgery

 < 60 min

99 (63.1)

45 (83.3)

0.006

 ≥ 60 min

58 (36.9)

9 (16.7)

  1. *Significant p-values are in bold