Table 2.

Postoperative VAS scores

	Group R (n = 30)	Group DR (n = 30)	P
VAS score in rest
1st hour	0 (0–1)	0 (0–0)	0.159
6th hour	1 (1–1)	1 (1–1)	0.002
12th hour	1.5 (1–2)	1 (1–1)	0.004
24th hour	2 (1–2)	1 (1–1)	0.002
48th hour	1 (1–2)	1 (1–1)	0.019
VAS score in movement
1st hour	1 (1–1)	1 (1–1)	0.210
6th hour	1 (1–2)	1 (1–1)	0.192
12th hour	2.5 (2–3)	2 (1–2)	0.013
24th hour	3 (3–3)	3 (2–3)	0.008
48th hour	3 (2–3)	2 (2–3)	0.476

Data were expressed as median and 95% CI for median, and VAS scores were compared using Wilcoxon rank sum test