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Pain relief and analgesic use, pre- and post-extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy[7]
| Post-ESWL | Pre-ESWL | ||||
| (n = 846) | (n = 711) | ||||
| Pain relief VAS (Scale 0-10) | 0 | 326 | P < 0.001 | ||
| 6/10 | 212 | 1/10 | 161 | ||
| 7/10 | 320 | 2/10 | 96 | ||
| 8/10 | 204 | 3/10 | 85 | ||
| 9/10 | 110 | 4/10 | 43 | ||
| Analgesic use Doses/mo | 0 | - | 0 | 326 | P < 0.001 |
| 1-5 | 48 | 1-5 | 258 | ||
| 6-10 | 190 | 6-10 | 127 | ||
| 11-15 | 385 | ||||
| > 15 | 223 | ||||
VAS: Visual analog score; ESWL: Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy.
