Quality of static and dynamic analgesia on postoperative days in all three study groups
| Group TAP Number of patients (% of patients having no pain) | Group GA Number of patients (% of patients having no pain) | Group SAB Number of patients (% of patients having no pain) | P value | ||
| Static analgesia | POD 0 | 7/14/3 (30%) | 0/13/11 (0%) | 0/12/12 (0%) | <0.001* |
| POD 3 | 23/1/0 (96%) | 13/9/2 (54%) | 17/7/0 (71%) | 0.011* | |
| POD 2 | 22/2/0 (92%) | 10/13/1 (42%) | 6/16/2 (25%) | <0.001* | |
| POD 1 | 22/1/1 (92%) | 3/16/5 (12%) | 0/19/5 (0%) | <0.001* | |
| Dynamic analgesia | POD 1 | 1/22/1 (4%) | 0/21/3 (0%) | 0/14/10 (0%) | 0.009* |
| POD 2 | 15/9/0 (62%) | 12/12/0 (50%) | 2/22/0 (8%) | <0.001* | |
| POD 3 | 16/8/0 (66%) | 13/11/0 (54%) | 15/9/0 (62%) | 0.664 | |
**Denotes statistically significant differences between the three groups. Quality of pain represented as number of patients having no (numerical rating scale (NRS) score 0–1)/mild (NRS 2–3)/moderate (NRS>3) pain and % of patients having no pain.
GA, general anesthesia; POD, postoperative day; SAB, subarachnoid block; TAP, transverse abdominis plane block.