2021 Scientific Session of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), Las Vegas, Nevada, 31 August–3 September 2021: Podium Abstracts

Surg Endosc · 2021 · PMC8549815

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.072so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Average pre-operative pain score was 5.8/10 (SD 2.4); two-week post-operative pain score was 4.0/10 (SD 3.1) Patients in the prophylactic group had a significant post-operative pain reduction of 1.8 points (p = 0.009); however, a similar reduction in pain in the therapeutic group of 1.7 points did not reach statistical significance (p = 0.072).

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