Table 1 Patient characteristics.

From: Postoperative around-the-clock administration of intravenous acetaminophen for pain control following robot-assisted radical prostatectomy

Characteristics

ATC

RPN

p value

Case, n (%)

127 (21)

485 (79)

 

Age, mean (years)

68.1 ± 6.2

66.6 ± 6.1

0.015

BMI, mean (kg/m2)

23.5 ± 2.9

23.4 ± 2.7

0.690

PSA, mean (ng/ml)

9.8 ± 7.5

9.0 ± 6.6

0.230

D’Amico risk group, n (%)

  

0.029

Low

10 (8)

68 (14)

 

Intermediate

66 (52)

266 (55)

 

High

51 (40)

151 (31)

 

eGFR, mean (ml/min)

69.1 ± 12.3

71.4 ± 12.7

0.059

Pelvic lymph node dissection, n (%)

42 (33)

105 (22)

0.008

Resected volume, mean (g)

43.1 ± 15.9

40.4 ± 13.9

0.064

Operation time, mean (min)

238.1 ± 60.1

201.0 ± 50.6

0.001

Insufflation time, mean (min)

203.0 ± 56.7

167.7 ± 49.0

0.001

EBL, mean (ml)

157.2 ± 107.5

177.5 ± 178.7

0.223

Intraoperative dose of Fentanyl (μg)

312.5 ± 138.5

288.5 ± 143.0

0.093

Analgesics at the end of anesthesia, n (%)

  

0.001

Acetaminophen

63 (50)

75 (15)

 

NSAIDs

43 (34)

338 (70)

 

Both

10 (8)

6 (1)

 

None

11 (9)

66 (14)

 

Time to ambulation (day)

1.00 ± 0.00

1.01 ± 0.23

0.611

Time to oral intake (day)

1.03 ± 0.36

1.06 ± 0.58

0.661

Time to catheterization (day)

6.70 ± 1.32

6.44 ± 1.91

0.149

Length of stay (day)

9.85 ± 2.21

10.13 ± 2.61

0.269

  1. BMI body mass index, PSA prostate specific antigen, EBL estimated blood loss, ATC around-the-clock, PRN pro re nata.