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Table 2 Anaesthesia and pain

From: The role of surgical tissue injury and intraoperative sympathetic activation in postoperative immunosuppression after breast-conserving surgery versus mastectomy: a prospective observational study

 

Breast-conserving surgery (n = 20)

Mastectomy (n = 20)

P

Duration of surgery (min)

58 ± 20

89 ± 27

< 0.001

Propofol (mg/kg/h)

9.7 ± 2.1

9.4 ± 1.9

0.692

Propofol (mg/kg IBW/h)

12.6 ± 2.4

11.6 ± 1.9

0.157

Remifentanil (ug/kg/h)

10.2 ± 3.7

10.8 ± 3.0

0.570

Remifentanil (ug/kg IBW/h)

13.2 ± 4.4

13.3 ± 3.5

0.866

Lidocaine (mg)

46

58

0.226

Ketamine (mg)

1

4

0.137

Ropivacaine (mg)

38

44

0.371

Morphine OR (mg)

3.5

4.3

0.237

Norepinephrine equivalents (ug/kg IBW/h)

1.2 ± 0.9

1.0 ± 1.1

0.608

iv. morphine equivalents OR (fentanyl + remifentanil + morphine in mg/kg IBW/h) [38]

1.4 ± 0.4

1.4 ± 0.3

0.990

Pain at the recovery room (NRS)

2.0 ± 1.1

3.5 ± 1.8

0.004

Morphine at the recovery room (IV in mg)

0.9 ± 2.0

3.4 ± 4.5

0.037

  1. IBW = ideal body weight, IV = intravenous, NRS = numeric rating scale, OR = operating room