Table 4.

Symptom Distress Scale of the study and control groups

	Symptom Distress Scale
Groups	Binder group	Control group	p
PO 8 h	11.8±3.8	12.9±4.4	0.024*
	12 (5–24)	12 (5–27)
POD1	10.7±3.1	13.6±3.7	<0.001*
	10 (6–21)	13 (7–23)
POD2	8.8±3.1	12.6±3.4	<0.001*
	9 (4–16)	12 (6–22)

PO: postoperative; POD: postoperative day.

Data are presented as mean±SD and median (minimum–maximum). Mann–Whitney U test or Student’s t-test was used.

^*Statistically significant comparisons.