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. 2020 Jan 20;25:1281. doi: 10.4102/hsag.v25i0.1281

TABLE 3.

Pain management methods used (n = 140).

Methods All patients number % Orthopaedics number % Urogynaecology number %
Empirical therapy 106 75.7 37 77.1 69 75.0
Step-up medication (medical therapy only) 26 18.6 4 8.3 22 23.9
Step-up medication and physiotherapy (medical and physical therapies) 6 4.3 5 10.4 1 1.1
Step-down medication (medical therapy only) 1 0.7 1 2.1 0 -
Other 1 0.7 1 2.1 0 -

Total 140 - 48 - 92 -

, 140 out of the 168 patients had a documented pain management plan (n = 140).