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Table 3 Mean number of suppositories used as rescue analgesia

From: Percutaneous periarticular analgesic injection at one day after simultaneous bilateral total knee arthroplasty: an open-label randomized control trial

Duration after surgery

Additional injection (22 patients/44 knees)

Control (22 patients/44 knees)

P value

On the night of surgery

0

0.09 ± 0.30

0.16

Day 1

0.23 ± 0.53

0.18 ± 0.39

0.75

Day 2

0.18 ± 0.39

0.32 ± 0.65

0.40

Day 3

0.23 ± 0.43

0.05 ± 0.21

0.082

Day 4

0.05 ± 0.21

0.09 ± 0.29

0.56

Day 5

0.14 ± 0.35

0.09 ± 0.29

0.64

  1. Results are expressed as mean ± standard deviation, unless stated otherwise