Continuous paravertebral block for postoperative pain compared to general anaesthesia and wound infiltration for major oncological breast surgery

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Table 2 PONV, postoperative opioid use and satisfaction with analgesic treatment

	GA-LWI n = 18	GA-cPVB n = 18	p value
PACU Nausea at discharge	0.9(1.4)	1.0(1.5)	0.82
PACU anti-emetic use (yes/no/missing)	13/4/1	14/4/0	1.00
Opioid use day 0 (yes/no/missing)	7/10/1	6/12/0	0.63
Piritramide day 0 (mg)	7.5 (0–26)	1.5 (0–8)	0.03
Satisfaction with treatment			0.87
Bad - Moderate	0	1
Good	2	2
Very good - Excellent	13	14
missing	3	1

GA-LWI: general anaesthesia and local wound infiltration; GA-cPVB: general anaesthesia and continuous paravertebral block. Values are numbers, mean (SD), or mean (range).