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Comparison of pain scores in the two groups
| Pain (days after surgery) |
Laser | Placebo | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
| 1th | 5.652 | 3.12 | 7.047 | 2.26 | 0.119 |
| 2nd | 4.956 | 3.12 | 6.333 | 2.67 | 0.129 |
| 3th | 3.478 | 2.99 | 4.857 | 2.79 | 0.198 |
| 4th | 2.782 | 2.48 | 4.09 | 3.08 | 0.158 |
| 5th | 1.913 | 2.31 | 3.47 | 2.8 | 0.083 |
| 6th | 1.087 | 1.10 | 2.76 | 2.82 | 0.011* |
| 7th | 0.434 | 1.5 | 1.714 | 2.26 | 0.023* |
*p value < 0.05
