Comparison of the Postoperative Analgesic Effects between Ultrasound-Guided Transmuscular Quadratus Lumborum Block and Thoracic Paravertebral Block in Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy Patients: A Randomized, Controlled, and Noninferiority Study

Table 2

Postoperative cumulative morphine consumption and pain NRS of transmuscular quadratus lumborum block and paravertebral block at different time points.

	TMQLB group	TPVB group	Difference (95% CI)	value
Sample size, n	30	30	—	—
Mean postoperative cumulative morphine consumption (SD) in mg
48-hour	10.60 (5.28)	6.40 (3.40)	4.20 (1.90, 6.50)	0.001
4-hour	1.64 (1.88)	1.00 (1.41)	0.64 (−0.22, 1.50)	0.139
12-hour	4.75 (4.03)	2.67 (2.27)	2.09 (0.38, 3.79)	0.017
24-hour	7.69 (5.07)	4.08 (2.73)	3.61 (1.49, 5.73)	0.001
Pain NRS at rest (SD) in points
0-hour	0.73 (1.05)	0.53 (1.07)	0.20 (−0.35, 0.75)	0.468
4-hour	1.53 (1.25)	1.52 (1.51)	0.02 (−0.70, 0.73)	0.963
12-hour	2.33 (1.79)	2.45 (1.50)	−0.12 (−0.97, 0.74)	0.785
24-hour	1.73 (1.48)	1.53 (1.27)	0.20 (−0.51, 0.91)	0.577
48-hour	1.03 (1.10)	0.92 (1.07)	0.12 (−0.44, 0.68)	0.678
Pain NRS on movement (SD) in points
0-hour	1.30 (1.58)	0.63 (0.93)	0.67 (0.00, 1.34)	0.051
4-hour	3.07 (1.46)	2.72 (1.53)	0.35 (−0.42, 1.12)	0.368
12-hour	3.70 (1.74)	3.63 (1.03)	0.07 (−0.67, 0.81)	0.857
24-hour	3.33 (1.56)	3.30 (1.00)	0.03 (−0.64, 0.71)	0.922
48-hour	2.53 (1.41)	2.42 (1.11)	0.12 (−0.54, 0.77)	0.723
Mean sensory block dermatomes (SD) in segments
Segments	8 (4)	5 (3)	2 (1, 4)	0.004
Rescue rate, n (%)	4 (13.3%)	4 (13.3%)	1.00 (0.23, 4.43)	1.000

TMQLB: transmuscular quadratus lumborum block, TPVB: thoracic paravertebral block, NRS: numerical rating scale, OR: odds ratio, CI: confidence interval, SD: standard deviation. Significant statistical difference.