| |
Ramosetron (n = 39)
|
Ondansetron (n = 43)
|
Control (n = 40)
|
P value
|
|---|
|
Pain score (VAS)
| | | | |
|
0–6 h
|
5.3 ± 2.3
|
3.5 ± 1.9*
|
5.0 ± 2.5
|
0.001
|
|
6–24 h
|
4.4 ± 2.4
|
3.7 ± 1.9
|
4.6 ± 2.7
|
0.215
|
|
24–48 h
|
3.4 ± 2.6
|
2.9 ± 2.4
|
2.9 ± 2.6
|
0.081
|
|
Rescue pain killer
|
33 (85)
|
33 (77)
|
34 (85)
|
0.541
|
|
0–6 h
|
21 (54)
|
17 (40)
|
25 (63)
|
0.106
|
|
6–24 h
|
20 (51)
|
24 (56)
|
24 (60)
|
0.738
|
|
24–48 h
|
16 (41)
|
8 (19)
|
14 (35)
|
0.074
|
- Values are numbers of patients (percentage) or mean ± SD in parentheses; pain scores were assessed using the VAS (0 indicates no pain and 10 the worst imaginable pain)
- *p < 0.05 compared with the other two groups
