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. 2010 Mar 14;2010:989127. doi: 10.1155/2010/989127

Table 2.

Pain intensity prior to and after surgery by reasons for hysterectomy.

Reason for hysterectomy N Mean pain score prior to surgery* (SD) Mean pain score after surgery (SD) Mean diff. in pain scores (SD) [95% CI] P-value
Supracervical abdominal hysterectomy Fibroids 91 5.4 (2.5) 2.3 (1.9) 2.6 (2.8)
[1.4, 3.8]
<.01**
Heavy bleeding 52 5.6 (2.6) 2.3 (2.0) 2.5 (3.2)
[0.7, 4.3]
<.01**
Endometriosis/pain 27 6.7 (1.9) 3.4 (2.1) 3.0 (3.1)
[0.1, 5.9]
.04**

Supracervical laparoscopic hysterectomy Fibroids 151 4.8 (3.4) 1.1 (1.9) 3.7 (3.3)
[3.2, 4.2]
<.001**
Heavy bleeding 151 5.6 (3.2) 1.3 (2.0) 4.4 (3.4)
[3.2, 4.9]
<.001**
Endometriosis 37 7.5 (2.5) 3.5 (2.9) 4.0 (4.0)
[2.7, 5.3]
<.001**
Pain 104 7.1 (2.6) 1.9 (2.5) 5.3 (3.5)
[4.6, 6.0]
<.001*

*10-point VAS,**Paired Samples t-test.