From: Intravenous patient-controlled analgesia versus epidural anesthesia in the treatment of patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty: a retrospective comparative study
Group
N
4 h
8 h
12 h
24 h
48 h
PCIA
90
2.95 ± 1.34
2.98 ± 0.44
2.78 ± 0.65
2.49 ± 1.03
2.39 ± 0.44
PCEA
110
2.05 ± 0.31
2.15 ± 0.33
2.18 ± 0.43
2.05 ± 0.15
2.01 ± 0.12
t
6.827
15.232
7.816
4.425
8.676
P
≤ 0.001