Table 1.

VAS pain score in the two groups (Mean ± SEM)

	Lornoxicam (n = 20)	Tramadol (n = 18)	p value
Baseline	9.0 ± 0.14	9.0 ± 0.13	ns
1st follow-up	7.6 ± 0.14	7.7 ± 0.11	ns
2nd follow-up	5.6 ± 0.14	6.3 ± 0.11	ns
3rd follow-up	3.6 ± 0.14	4.2 ± 0.15	ns
Study end	0.9 ± 0.17	1.3 ± 0.23	ns

p value is from Kruskal–Wallis ANOVA

ns not significant