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Table 2 Time needed to perform technique, Anesthesia duration, time to extubation between the two groups

From: Comparison of the effects of transversus thoracic muscle plane block and pecto-intercostal fascial block on postoperative opioid consumption in patients undergoing open cardiac surgery: a prospective randomized study

 

TTMPB (n = 40)

PIFB (n = 40)

p value

Time needed to perform technique (min)

4.2 ± 0.8

4.1 ± 0.8

0.490

Anesthesia duration (min)

286.4 ± 33.5

279.1 ± 40.4

0.380

Time to extubation (min)

250.0 ± 64.0

250.5 ± 82.4

0.976

  1. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation (SD)
  2. P-value < 0.05 (significant), P-value > 0.05 (non-significant)