Table 3. Side Effects and Patient Satisfaction (%)

Data are expressed as percentage of patients with a positive response in each category.

*P < 0.05 as compared to BFC value;

† All patients had sedation scores of 1. Sedation was defined by: 0 = awake, 1 = sleepy, but responds to verbal stimulus, 2 = responds only to tactile stimulation, 2 = unresponsive;

‡ Motor block was defined as leg weakness lasting ≥ 30 min after IT drug administration and was defined by: 0 = lifts lower extremity, 1 = bends knee, 2 = moves feet, 3 = no leg movement.