Prospective randomized trial of iliohypogastric-ilioinguinal nerve block on post-operative morphine use after inpatient surgery of the female reproductive tract

Table 1 Distribution of preoperative indications for surgery among patients randomized either to ilioinguinal-iliohypogastric nerve block (Group I) or saline control (Group II).

	IINB Group I n = 28	Saline/controls Group II n = 32
Leiomyoma	14 (50)	18 (56.3)
Adenomyosis	2 (7.1)	6 (18.8)
Endometriosis	2 (7.1)	4 (12.5)
Ovarian cyst	1 (3.6)	1 (3.1)
Cervical carcinoma	3 (10.7)	1 (3.1)
Endometrial hyperplasia/carcinoma	2 (7.1)	1 (3.1)
CPP/DUB	5 (17.9)	1 (3.1)

Note: Data presented as patient number and (%). CPP/DUB = chronic pelvic pain/dysfunctional uterine bleeding. Totals exceed number enrolled because some patients had multiple pre-operative diagnoses.

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