|   | 
        Group    1 (n    = 18) | 
        Group    2 (n    = 20) | 
        Group    3 (n    = 19) | 
        Group    4 (n    = 21) | 
        P | 
       
      
        | Pain    VAS scale1 | 
        1.00    ± 1.71 | 
        1.70    ± 2.40 | 
        1.74    ± 2.13 | 
        2.57    ± 2.67 | 
        0.29# | 
       
      
        | Morphine    in PACU (mg)1 | 
        2.83    ± 0.93 | 
        3.55    ± 1.04 | 
        3.45    ± 2.77 | 
        3.45    ± 2.77 | 
        0.76# | 
       
      
        | Consumption    of morphine 24 hrs (mg)1 | 
        4.5    ± 3.29 | 
        5.9    ± 5.81 | 
        5.7    ± 3.58 | 
        7.87    ± 4.84 | 
        0.13# | 
       
     
    1 Values presented as means +- SD. # P values according to the Kruskal-Wallis test. |