A randomized, placebo controlled, trial of preoperative sustained release Betamethasone plus non-controlled intraoperative Ketorolac or Fentanyl on pain after diagnostic laparoscopy or laparoscopic tubal ligation [ISRCTN52633712]

Table 1 Patient Characteristics

Parameter	Group P (N = 35) BM (N = 31)	Median	Minimum	Maximum	Variance
Age (years)	P	29	21	49	65
	BM	30	21	46	44
BMI (kg m ^-2 )	P	28.6	19.8	39.1	25.9
	BM	27.0	19.3	45.0	38.0
Surgery time (minutes)	P	67	38	214	2891
	BM	75	32	291	2196
Recovery time (minutes)	P	81	37	215	1305
	BM	97	38	222	1385
To discharge time (minutes)	P	168	114	347	3195
	BM	175	108	438	6361

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