3.1. Pain
pain
As reported by the patients, pain levels decreased with time from 3.6 ± 3.2 at 30 minutes to 0.9 ± 2.0 at 24 hours after the surgery. A decrease in the levels of pain within time was also noted in all the block types groups, but no statistical significance between the groups was noted (Tap block: from 3.8 ± 3.1 at 30 minutes to 1.1 ± 2.2 at 24 hours after the surgery; subcostal TAP block: from 4.0 ± 3.2 at 30 minutes to 0.6 ± 1.8 at 24 hours after the surgery; subcostal TAP + TAP blocks: from 3.6 ± 3.3 at 30 minutes to 0.7 ± 1.9 at 24 hours after the surgery; and subcostal TAP + rectus sheath blocks: from 2.9 ± 3.2 at 30 minutes to 1.0 ± 2.1 at 24 hours after surgery (A mixed model analysis of variances also revealed that there was a clear difference in the decrease in pain levels over time (A 2-tailed Pearson correlation coefficient test found a statistically significant relationship between age and level of pain at the time points of 30 minutes and 24 hours; as age increases, the level of pain decreases (Pv = 0.002 and 0.017 and 