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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 12.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg Oncol. 2012 Oct 5;20(4):1355–1359. doi: 10.1245/s10434-012-2681-z

Table 3. Reported median pain scores in the perioperative period.

Pain score Laparoscopy, 2004–2006 (n = 22) Laparoscopy, 2007–2010 (n = 17) Robot, 2007–2010 (n = 29) p
Baseline
 Pain score 0 0 0 0.093
 Range 0–4 0–9 0–1
Preoperative
 Pain score 0 0 0 0.247
 Range 0–4 0–3 0–3
Postoperative
 Pain score 2.5 2 1 0.276
 Range 0–10 0–8 0–10
Discharge
 Pain score 2.5 0.5 1 0.641
 Range 0–10 0–5 0–6
Follow-up visit
 Pain score 0 0 0 0.624
 Range 0–4 0–8 0–3
Baseline to postoperative
 Change 2.5 2 1 0.556
 Range −3 to 10 −9 to 8 −1 to 10
Baseline to discharge
 Change 2.5 0.5 1 0.589
 Range −4 to 4 −8 to 7 −1 to 3