Table 3.

Comparison of postoperative pain assessed by numeric rating scale for (A) all patients and (B) patients without additional repair

Time after surgery (h)	Abdominal pain (median, range)			Vaginal pain (median, range)			PCA usage during pain evaluation (n, %)
	(A) All patients
	vNOTES (n = 13)	LESS (n = 13)	P value	vNOTES (n = 13)	LESS (n = 13)	P value	vNOTES (n = 13)	LESS (n = 13)	P value
0	5 (2–8)	5 (2–8)	0.880	3 (1–8)	2 (0–6)	0.153	13 (100%)	12 (92.3%)	0.308
8	3 (0–6)	3 (0–6)	0.418	3 (0–5)	1 (0–4)	0.169	13 (100%)	12 (92.3%)	0.308
16	3 (0–5)	3 (0–7)	0.960	3 (0–5)	0 (0–4)	0.007	13 (100%)	12 (92.3%)	0.308
24	2 (0–3)	3 (1–5)	0.186	2 (0–3)	0 (0–2)	0.010	12 (92.3%)	12 (92.3%)	–
32	2 (0–3)	2 (0–6)	0.579	1 (0–3)	0 (0–2)	0.139	9 (69.2%)	7 (53.8%)	0.420
40	2 (0–5)	1 (0–4)	0.608	1 (0–3)	0 (0–4)	0.069	2 (15.4%)	4 (30.8%)	0.352
48	1.5 (0–3)	2 (0–2)	0.857	1 (0–1)	0 (0–0)	0.381	0	1 (7.7%)	0.308

	(B) Patients without additional vaginal repair
	vNOTES (n = 9)	LESS (n = 10)	P value	vNOTES (n = 9)	LESS (n = 10)	P value	vNOTES (n = 9)	LESS (n = 10)	P value
0	5 (3–7)	4.5 (3–7)	1.0	3 (1–7)	1.5 (0–5)	0.133	9 (100%)	9 (90.0%)	0.330
8	3 (0–6)	3 (1–6)	0.780	3 (0–5)	0.5 (0–4)	0.156	9 (100%)	9 (90.0%)	0.330
16	3 (0–5)	3 (1–7)	0.842	3 (0–5)	0 (0–1)	0.008	9 (100%)	9 (90.0%)	0.330
24	2 (0–3)	2.5 (1–5)	0.315	1 (0–3)	0 (0–1)	0.013	8 (88.9%)	9 (90.0%)	0.937
32	1 (0–3)	2 (0–6)	0.400	0 (0–2)	0 (0–2)	0.278	6 (66.7%)	6 (60.0%)	0.764
40	2 (0–5)	1 (0–4)	0.606	2 (0–5)	0 (0–1)	0.167	1 (11.1%)	3 (30.0%)	0.313
48	1.5 (0–3)	2 (0–2)	0.857	1.5 (0–3)	0 (0–0)	0.381	0	1 (10.0%)	0.330

PCA patient-controlled analgesia, LESS laparo-endoscopic single-site, vNOTES vaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery