Table 1 Comparison of postoperative pain (VAS scores) and trismus between DT and DS groups
DT Group | DS Group | p* | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Median | Min. | Max. | Mean | SD | Median | Min. | Max. | ||
VAS (4 h) | 5.23 | 3.12 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 | 5.09 | 3.28 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 | 0.852 |
VAS (8 h) | 6.69 | 2.76 | 7.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 | 7.06 | 2.55 | 8.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 | 0.561 |
VAS (12 h) | 5.63 | 3.05 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 | 5.80 | 2.71 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 | 0.804 |
VAS (1 day) | 4.43 | 2.76 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 | 5.26 | 3.08 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 | 0.240 |
VAS (2 days) | 3.60 | 2.45 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 | 3.51 | 2.49 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 | 0.885 |
VAS (3 days) | 2.17 | 2.35 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 | 2.43 | 1.97 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 | 0.621 |
VAS (4 days) | 1.26 | 1.85 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 | 1.57 | 1.52 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 0.441 |
VAS (5 days) | 0.83 | 1.27 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 | 0.80 | 1.18 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 | 0.923 |
VAS (6 days) | 0.60 | 1.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 0.46 | 0.70 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 0.501 |
VAS (7 days) | 0.40 | 0.77 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 0.26 | 0.61 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 0.395 |
Trismus (2 days) | 17.54 | 5.54 | 18.00 | 6.00 | 29.00 | 16.06 | 6.49 | 17.00 | 3.00 | 27.00 | 0.306 |
Trismus (7 days) | 6.97 | 5.24 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 20.00 | 6.60 | 6.04 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 24.00 | 0.784 |