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Table 3 Percentages of patients with their NRS scores 6-months postoperatively in both groups

From: Epidural analgesia is not superior to systemic postoperative analgesia with regard to preventing chronic or neuropathic pain after thoracotomy

NRS

CRO Group

EDA Group

p

 

 n = 28

 n = 32

 

NRS 0

79%

74%

n.s.

NRS 1-3

22%

16%

n.s.

NRS 4-6

0%

9%

n.s.

NRS 7-10

0%

0%

n.s.

  1. CRO Group, Systemic pain therapy group; EDA Group, Epidural analgesia group; n, Number of patients, NRS (numeric rating scale from 0 = no pain to 10 = worst pain imaginable) preoperatively, 6-months postoperatively.