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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: During surgery, patients who received melatonin premedication had better tourniquet tolerance (lower verbal pain scores at 30, 40, and 50 min after tourniquet inflation, P < 0. 05), lower rescue fentanyl requirements (15. 6 + / -21. 9 vs 45. 7 + / -33. 4 microg, P = 0. 002), longer time to the first postoperative analgesic request (145. 4 + / -20. 2 min vs 74. 6 + / -12. 8, P < 0. 001) and lower postoperative diclofenac consumption at 24 h (86. 3 + / -27. 5 mg vs 116. 3 + / -38. 3 mg, P = 0. 007) compared with the control group.