Table 1.

Comparison of the mean pain scores in the two study groups at various time points

Group	Pain score (Mean ± SD)
	Immediately After surgery	1 hour after surgery	2 hours after surgery	6 hours after surgery	12 hours after surgery
Study group	8.76 ± 1.04	8.10 ± 0.99	7.00 ± 1.33	5.53 ± 1.43	3.43 ± 0.97
Placebo group	9.36 ± 0.61	8.60 ± 0.67	8.03 ± 0.55	7.03 ± 0.76	4.16 ± 0.83
p-value	0.009	0.026	0.0001	0.043	0.003