The Effect of Various Combinations of Peripheral Nerve Blocks on Postoperative Pain in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Comparative Prospective Study

Table 1

Comparison of pain levels at any time point between the groups.

Time post-surgery	All patients	Block types
		TAP	Subcostal TAP	Subcostal TAP + TAP	Subcostal TAP + Rectus Sheath	P value
30 min	3.6 ± 3.2	3.8 ± 3.1	4.0 ± 3.2	3.6 ± 3.3	2.9 ± 3.2	0.321
60 min	3.3 ± 3.0	2.7 ± 3.1	3.6 ± 3.1	2.8 ± 3.1	3.9 ± 2.8	0.131
6 hours	2.1 ± 2.6	1.8 ± 2.6	2.4 ± 2.6	1.8 ± 2.5	2.2 ± 2.7	0.585
12 hours	2.0 ± 2.6	1.8 ± 2.5	2.3 ± 2.8	1.6 ± 2.4	2.2 ± 2.5	0.497
24 hours	0.9 ± 2.0	1.1 ± 2.2	0.6 ± 1.8	0.7 ± 1.9	1.0 ± 2.1	0.462

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation.