Impeding factors of early rehabilitation postoperatively after rheumatoid toe arthroplasty: a single-center retrospective cohort study

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Table 3 Post hoc analysis between anesthesia methods and postoperative outcome

	Anesthesia methods				P value
	GA	GA + IVPCA	GA + Epi	GA + PNB	P value
N	33	115	30	62
Infeasibility of walking rehabilitation on the first POD	11 (33.3%)	51 (44.3%)	14 (46.7%)	11 (17.7%)	0.0029
Incidence of PONV before rehabilitation, n (%)	7 (21.2%)	56 (48.7%)	8 (26.7%)	7 (11.3%)	< 0.0001
Number of rescue analgesics administered during the first 3 PODs	1 [1–4]	1 [0–4]	1 [0–3.25]	2[0–3]	0.32

Data are presented as median [interquartile range] or number (%)
GA general anesthesia, IVPCA intravenous patient-controlled analgesia, Epi epidural anesthesia, PNB peripheral nerve block, POD postoperative day, PONV postoperative nausea and vomiting