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The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology

Table 3 Observation criteria score in different time points (mean ± SD)

From: Peritonsillar infiltration of lidocaine Hcl versus intravenous pre-incisional lornoxicam in reducing post-tonsillectomy pain: this is a prospective, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study

Observation criteria score

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

p-value

15 min

2.69±0.6

3 ± 0

3 ± 0

2.69 ± 0.6

30 min

3 ± 0.6

2.15 ± 0.3

4 ± 0

0.001*

1 h

2.9 ± 0.7

2.27 ± 0.5

4 ± 0

0.001*

4 h

3.42 ± 0.6

2.4 ± 0.5

3 ± 0

0.001*

16 h

3.12 ± 0.9

2.15 ± 0.4

4 ± 0

0.001*

24 h

2.48 ± 0.7

2.5 ± 0.5

3 ± 0

0.001*

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