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Table 2 Surgery and anesthesia data of subjects without and with CPSP (n = 2348)

From: Incidence and risk factors for chronic postsurgical pain following video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: a retrospective study

Variables

Non-CPSP (n = 1315)

CPSP (n = 1033)

P value

Anesthesia, n (%)

General anesthesia

965 (73.4)

771 (74.6)

0.492

Combined with nerve block

350 (26.6)

262 (25.4)

Fentanyl dosage (μg/kg)

11.3 ± 4.8

11.0 ± 4.3

0.044

Remifentanil dosage (μg/kg)

11.8 ± 10.1

12.1 ± 9.3

0.478

Dexmedetomidine usage, n (%)

1214 (92.3)

960 (92.9)

0.573

Sevoflurane usage, n (%)

221 (16.8)

199 (19.3)

0.123

PCIA, n (%)

955 (72.6)

763 (73.9)

0.501

Surgical Procedure, n (%)

 Lung

1235 (93.9)

967 (93.6)

0.179

 Mediastinal

76 (5.8)

57 (5.5)

 Others

4 (0.3)

9 (0.9)

Lymph node dissection, n (%)

603 (56.2)

470 (43.8)

0.863

Duration of surgery (min)

106.4 ± 47.6

107.9 ± 44.9

0.189

Blood loss (ml/kg)

2.0 ± 4.1

1.8 ± 3.5

0.013

Infusion volume (ml/kg)

22.7 ± 8.8

22.1 ± 8.0

0.114

Consumption of rescue analgesia postoperative, n (%)

 

450 (34.2)

411 (39.8)

0.005

Consumption of sedative hypnotic postoperative, n (%)

 

22 (1.7)

32 (3.1)

0.022

Subcutaneous emphysema postoperative, n (%)

 

210 (16.0)

185 (17.9)

0.212

History of postoperative wound infection, n (%)

 

12 (0.9)

57 (5.5)

< 0.001

Postoperative pulmonary infection, n (%)

 

31 (2.4)

37 (3.6)

0.079

Postoperative WBC (109)

11.4 ± 3.1

11.3 ± 3.3

0.202

Postoperative CRP (mg/L)

52.9 ± 1.0

51.1 ± 1.1

0.205

PONV, n (%)

180 (13.7)

149 (14.4)

0.610

  1. bold: P< 0.05
  2. PCIA postoperative patient-controlled intravenous analgesia, WBC white blood cell, CRP C-reactive protein, PONV postoperative nausea and vomiting