Table 2.

The relationship between the type of operation and the mean operative time, mean blood loss, and mean VAS scores of the post-operative pain at different periods in 62 patients

Variable	Tonsillectomy		P-value	Clinical effect size
	Coblation	Diode laser
Mean operative time	10.39±2.059	11.61±2.228	0.002	0.6
Mean blood loss	21.61±3.973	23.87±4.287	0.003	0.5
Post-operative pain
3 hours	8.71±0.857	8.10±0.918	0.000	0.5
8 hours	8.45±0.953	7.97±0.923	0.005	0.5
24 hours	7.24±0.824	6.65±0.832	0.000	0.6
7 days	0.31±0.841	0.03±0.178	0.013	0.4
2 weeks	0.10±0.564	0.03±0.178	0.392	----