VAS Gr. A (n=42) Gr. B (n=41) P value
VAS0 min 36.95 ± 9.2 45.36 ± 13.08 0.001
VAS30 min 35.98 ± 6.44 35.83 ± 9.034 0.935
VAS1 hour 35.73 ± 9.10 48.79 ± 15.7 0.000
VAS2 hour 35.46 ± 6.80 47.81 ± 14.2 0.000
VAS3 hour 35.63 ± 7.3 32.43 ± 3.14 0.011
VAS4 hour 37.24 ± 6.9 35.83 ± 7.5 0.379
VAS8 hour 36.29 ± 7.9 50.24 ± 9.2 0.000
VAS12 hour 34.05 ± 6.2 42.38 ± 8.7 0.000
VAS18 hour 32.39 ± 3.5 43.57 ± 7.8 0.000
VAS24 hour 27.85 ± 5.04 40.86 ± 9.92 0.000
Table 2: Pain intensity at different time intervals (Data expressed in mean ± SD. Statistical test: independent sample ‘t’ test. P value<0.05 is considered significant. n=number of patients. BMI: Body mass index VAS: Visual analogue scale).