Table 2.

Postoperative outcome data: overall daily visual analog score

Postoperative day	Control	Experimental	p value
POD 1 now	39.59	30.30	0.015
POD 1 most	61.13	49.55	0.013
POD 1 least	21.57	15.28	0.032
POD 2 now	24.19 (N = 70)	19.30 (N = 72)	0.147
POD 2 most	49.87 (N = 70)	40.85 (N = 72)	0.048
POD 2 least	15.39 (N = 70)	12.34 (N = 72)	0.256
POD 3 now	13.27 (N = 22)	20.94 (N = 27)	0.141
POD 3 most	35.57 (N = 22)	39.94 (N = 27)	0.536
POD 3 least	7.68 (N = 22)	12.76 (N = 27)	0.176

POD = postoperative day.