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
2.68 ± 0.56
2.19 ± 0.11
1.98 ± 0.67
1.84 ± 0.56
1.48 ± 0.64
PCEA
110
1.24 ± 0.31
1.48 ± 0.24
1.21 ± 0.31
1.14 ± 0.16
1.01 ± 0.07
t
23.009
25.917
10.734
12.507
7.650
P
≤ 0.001