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 |
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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 |