Gr. A (n=44) Gr. B (n=44) P value Total oral paracetamol consumption (gm) 1.34 ±0. 693 3.24 ±0.759 0.000 Total parenteral opioid (Fentanyl) requirement (μgm) 1.46 ±3.5 13.57 ±8.7 0.000

Table 3: Total analgesic requirement in first 24 postoperative hours (Data expressed in mean ±SD. Statistical test: independent sample‘t’ test. P value < 0.05 is considered significant. n=number of patients. BMI: Body mass index VAS: Visual analogue scale)..