Ain-Shams Journal of Anesthesiology

Table 5 Comparison of pain scores postoperatively in each group using FLACC score

From: Clinical efficacy of local infiltration of lidocaine and tranexamic acid application in tonsillar region on postoperative pain and bleeding during tonsillectomy: prospective, randomized, double-blind controlled study

Groups	Group (T) (n = 41)	Group (N) (n = 41)	p-value
Parameters	Group (T) (n = 41)	Group (N) (n = 41)	p-value
2nd h	0 (0-1)	1 (0-1)	< 0.05*
4th h	1 (1-2)	2 (2-3)	< 0.05*
8th h	2 (1-2)	3 (2-3)	< 0.05*
12th h	3 (1-2)	4 (3-4)	< 0.05*
16th h	4 (2-4)	5 (4-5)	< 0.05*
18th h	4 (4-5)	5 (4-5)	< 0.05*
20th h	5 (4-5)	6 (5-6)	< 0.05*
24th h	5 (4-6)	6 (5-7)	0.75

Group T, received lidocaine (2%) 2 ml and tranexamic acid 1.5 ml. Group N, received 3.5 ml of normal saline. Data represented by IQR
^*Statistically significant at p-value ≤ 0.05

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