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Table 2 Comparison of visual analog scale (VAS) scores between combined anesthesia group and general anesthesia group

From: Effects of ultrasound-guided lumbar plexus and sacral plexus block combined with general anesthesia on the anesthetic efficacy and surgical outcomes in elderly patients undergoing intertrochanteric fracture surgery: a randomized controlled trial

Group

Sample Size

Preoperative

Postoperative 1 h

Postoperative 3 h

Postoperative 6 h

Combined anesthesia

75

4.19 ± 0.67

1.27 ± 0.26

1.96 ± 0.30

0.93 ± 0.22

General anesthesia

75

4.60 ± 0.79

2.15 ± 0.34

2.83 ± 0.37

1.48 ± 0.27

Difference (t-value)

 

0.991

15.420

12.448

11.264

Significance (P-value)

 

0.320

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

  1. VAS scores are utilized as a method for visual Analog scoring