Table 3.
Study patients | Control patients | P value | ||||
(n = 20) |
(n = 30) |
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Median (range) | mean ± SD | Median (range) | mean ± SD | |||
Pain (NRS score) | Day 1 | 2 (0-7) | 2.4 ± 2.1 | 2 (0-8) | 1.9 ± 2.1 | 0.411 |
Day 2 | 1.5 (0-8) | 1.9 ± 2.3 | 0 (0-4) | 0.9 ± 1.2 | 0.141 | |
Day 3 | 0 (0-3) | 1.1 ± 1.4 | 0 (0-5) | 0.4 ± 1.1 | 0.051 | |
Analgesy | Day 1 | 11 (55) | 22 (73.3) | 0.182 | ||
Day 2 | 13 (65) | 19 (63.3) | 0.902 | |||
Day 3 | 7 (35) | 14 (46.7) | 0.412 |
Mann-Whitney test;
Date is χ2 test. Analgesy represents the proportion of patients assuming pain medications.