Efficacy of perineural dexamethasone with ropivacaine in thoracic paravertebral block for postoperative analgesia in elective thoracotomy: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

J Pain Res · 2018 · PMC6140743 · PMID 30254483

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almost significantp = 0.062so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Group S seems to be older than group R or group RD, which was almost significant ( p = 0.062), so ANCOVA was performed in order to understand the effect of the age as a confounding factor.

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