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Table 3 Cumulative narcotics (meperidine in mg) consumed at different time points

From: Laparoscopic-guided transversus abdominis plane block versus trocar site local anesthetic infiltration in gynecologic laparoscopy

Hour

TAP block group (n = 42)

Trocar site group (n = 40)

P value

3

55 ± 18

76 ± 23

0.52

6

71 ± 22

96 ± 21

0.04

12

99 ± 31

117 ± 28

0.038

24

111 ± 15

132 ± 23

0.031