Erector Spinae Plane (ESP) Block for Postoperative Pain Management after Open Oncologic Abdominal Surgery

Table 4

Comparison of incidences of postoperative nausea and vomiting as n (%).

	Control group	ESP group	value
	(n = 50) (%)	(n = 50) (%)
Postoperative nausea and vomiting (n (%))
An admission to PACU	27 (54)	11 (22)	0.001
At 60 min	26 (52)	7 (14)	<0.001
At 4 hours	30 (60)	13 (26)	0.001
At 8 hours	32 (64)	5 (10)	<0.001
At 12 hours	18 (36)	3 (6)	<0.001
At 24 hours	13 (26)	12 (24)	0.5
At 48 hours	22 (44)	15 (30)	0.1

Control group: patients received standard pain control treatment; ESP group: patients received ESP block in addition to standard pain control treatment. Data are considered statistically significant if .