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
1.58 ± 0.13
1.85 ± 0.21
2.31 ± 0.31
2.89 ± 0.42
2.89 ± 0.45
PCEA
110
2.89 ± 0.63
2.87 ± 0.52
3.05 ± 0.63
3.84 ± 0.45
3.87 ± 0.52
t
19.383
17.437
10.177
15.302
14.077
P
0.890
≤ 0.001