Table 1.

Pain visual analogue score (mean ± standard deviation) during the 10-day observation period in the two groups

Days	Control group	MCT group
1	84.2±4.2	63.7±19.4
2	86.3±4.8	81.3±14.6
3	82.1±7.2	55.8±18.3
4	77.1±9.6	77.5±17.4
5	76.7±8.1	78.8±26.8
6	68.8±7.4	62.1±15.9
7	60.0±12.1	46.1±19.8
8	55.4±10.9	35.4±11.9
9	43.8±7.4	37.9±17.8
10	38.8±10.9	34.2±13.8