[Table/Fig-2]:

Mean VAS scores in all groups at various time intervals

Postop Time (hrs)	Group I	Group II	Group III
0	0.20 ± 0.41	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00
0.5	0.65 ± 0.49	0.15 ± 0.36*	0.00 ± 0.00**
1	1.20 ± 0.52	0.65 ± 0.59*	0.30 ± 0.47**
2	1.80 ± 0.41	1.25 ± 0.44*	0.60 ± 0.60**,***
4#	3.50	1.85*	1.05**,
6#	NA	2.50	1.60***

* Significant difference between Group I & II (p-value ≤ 0.05);

** Significant difference between Group I & III (p-value ≤ 0.05);

*** Significant difference between Group II & III (p-value ≤ 0.05);

^# Mean VAS score of the remaining patients who had not received rescue analgesia by that time

NA- not applicable as all patients had received rescue analgesia by that time