Table 1.

Postoperative pain in the patients of group A & B

Postoperative pain		Groups
	Level of pain	Patients with Preoperative Dexamethasone	Patients without Preoperative Dexamethasone	P-value
Day 1	No pain	0	0	.004
	Mild pain	5	2
	Moderate pain	24	17
	Severe pain	1	11
Day 2	No pain	0	0	.064
	Mild pain	14	11
	Moderate pain	16	14
	Severe pain	0	5
Day 3	No pain	2	0	.11
	Mild pain	22	18
	Moderate pain	6	12
	Severe pain	0	0
Day 4	No pain	15	4	.004
	Mild pain	14	26
	Moderate pain	1	0
	Severe pain	0	0
Day 5	No pain	25	19	.14
	Mild pain	5	11
	Moderate pain	0	0
	Severe pain	0	0
Day 6	No pain	30	24	.02
	Mild pain	0	6
	Moderate pain	0	0
	Severe pain	0	0

^*Mild pain:

^**Moderate Pain:

^***Severe Pain: