Table II.

Visual analogue scale score for post-operative pain at rest (data are presented as means with ranges)

Duration after surgery (hrs)	Steroid (n = 38)	No steroid (n = 37)	p-value
4	2 (0 to 40) (n = 35)	2 (0 to 80) (n = 35)	0.83
6	2 (0 to 20) (n = 35)	3 (0 to 50) (n = 36)	0.80
8	6 (0 to 60) (n = 35)	5 (0 to 60) (n = 36)	0.76
10	8 (0 to 50) (n = 33)	10 (0 to 60) (n = 32)	0.67
12	8 (0 to 50) (n = 25)	10 (0 to 70) (n = 31)	0.69
14	12 (0 to 50) (n = 24)	14 (0 to 60) (n = 18)	0.63
16	7 (0 to 40) (n = 17)	14 (0 to 80) (n =23)	0.22
18	6 (0 to 40) (n = 33)	21 (0 to 70) (n = 26)	0.0019
20	8 (0 to 40) (n = 29)	24 (0 to 80) (n = 35)	0.0033
22	12 (0 to 50) (n = 21)	25 (0 to 90) (n = 22)	0.046
24	17 (0 to 70) (n = 38)	26 (0 to 80) (n = 36)	0.057
32	22 (0 to 80) (n = 37)	32 (0 to 100) (n = 37)	0.070
40	28 (0 to 90) (n = 37)	39 (0 to 100) (n = 36)	0.081
48	34 (0 to 90) (n = 38)	29 (0 to 70) (n = 37)	0.17
56	30 (0 to 70) (n = 35)	32 (0 to 80) (n = 35)	0.62
64	31 (0 to 70) (n = 36)	30 (0 to 80) (n = 36)	0.73
72	29 (0 to 60) (n = 35)	30 (0 to 80) (n = 35)	0.81

Visual analogue scale score was rated using a 100 mm horizontal scale in 10 mm increments All p-values were determined with Student’s t-test