Table 2

Patient’s characteristics (continuous variables).

VariableMinimumMaximumMeanSD
Age, y169150.2512.25
Weight, kg36.00132.0081.5812.71
Height, cm101.00180.00166.153.77
Body mass index12.7665.6829.584.77
Duration of pain, y0.6718.003.882.43
Preprocedure pain5107.630.94
Postprocedure pain
 After 3 d385.641.08
 After 1 mo174.261.21
 After 3 mo073.511.32
 After 6 mo062.991.25
 After 9 mo072.631.15
 After 1 y062.451.09
Hospital stay, d052.600.67
  • Abbreviations: y, year; Kg, killogram; d, day; mo, month, meaning of abbreviation.