Pain following thoracoscopic surgery: retrospective analysis between single-incision and three-port video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Table 3 Visual analog scale scores and patient satisfaction scores for SITS and 3P- VATS patients

	SITS (n=19)	3P-VATS (p=18)	p-value
Visual analog scale (VAS) score
POD 0	4.95±0.38	6.44±0.39	0.012
POD 1	2.74±0.34	3.78±0.35	0.39
POD 3	1.32±0.20	1.94±0.21	0.37
POD 7	0.42±0.18	0.83±0.18	0.116
POD 14	0.26±0.11	0.39±	0.428
Satisfaction scores	8.95±0.24	8.33±0.24	0.078
Analgesic doses*	0.89±0.24	1.44±0.94	0.119

*The number of diclofenac suppository taken from postoperative day 0 to discharge was compared between two groups. SITS Single incinsionthoracoscopic surgery, 3P-VATS 3-port video assisted thoracoscopic surgery.

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