Table 2.

Intergroup comparison of the levels of painful symptoms in VAS score (mm) in each time evaluated (nonparametric Mann–Whitney test).

VAS score (mm)	Laser group (n = 28)		Control group (n = 26)		P
	Median	IR	Median	IR
6 hours	0.50	13.95	48.63	35.00	≤0.001∗
24 hours	5.04	33.31	50.00	48.14	0.004∗
48 hours	0.00	6.52	34.17	45.85	≤0.001∗
72 hours	0.00	2.86	1.71	32.67	0.235

^∗ Statistically significant difference (p < 0.05).