[Table/Fig-4]:

VAS Pain measurements for vital cases only (n=30).

Interval	Number of appoint-ments	n	Mean VAS	Standard Deviation	Maximum possible VAS Mark	*p-value
Pre-operative	1	15	6.2667	2.3442	170	0.0005 HS
	2	15	3.7333	0.8837	170
6 hours Post-operative	1	15	4.3333	1.7995	170	0.0009 HS
	2	15	23.1333	19.4528	170
12 hours Post-operative	1	15	3.8000	1.8593	170	0.0049 VS
	2	15	14.6667	13.6417	170
24 hours Post-operative	1	15	5.0000	6.2906	170	0.0743 NS
	2	15	9.7333	7.6295	170
48 hours Post-operative	1	15	4.5333	5.5532	170	0.4388 NS
	2	15	3.4000	0.6325	170

*P< 0.05 statistically significant, HS – Highly Significant, VS – Very Significant, NS – Not significant, VAS – Visual Analog Scale

Test of significance used: Independent sample T-test