Retrospective study on patient comfort and post-operative condition associated with intravenous sedation versus general anesthesia for third molar extraction in ambulatory surgery in a state hospital | Journal of Oral Medicine and Oral Surgery

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Table VI

Comparison of anesthesia, operating and recovery times between the two groups

Variable	Sedation	GA	p
	(n = 27)	(n = 20)
General anesthesia time, minute^a	34 + 16	64 + 18	<0.0001
Intervention time, minute	25 + 15	28 + 11	0.27
Time spent in the post-operative recovery room care (PORRC), minute ^b	16 + 12	80 + 27	<0.0001

Mean time in minutes ± standard deviation.

General anesthesia time: 5 missing values.

PORRC time: 2 missing values for sedation, 4 for GA.

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