Effect of Local Ketamine Subcutaneous Injection at the Incision Site in Reducing the Postoperative Pain Score after Transabdominal Hysterectomy

Table 1

Comparison of pain intensity according to the visual analog scale at different intervals in the two study groups.

Time interval (h)	Case group (n = 46)	Control group (n = 46)	value
1	6.52 ± 1.79	8.23 ± 1.62	0.001
2	6.02 ± 1.77	7.52 ± 2.06	0.001
4	5.61 ± 1.56	6.91 ± 1.44	0.001
6	5.74 ± 0.99	7.63 ± 1.94	0.001
12	4.93 ± 1.95	8.02 ± 1.51	0.04
24	4.59 ± 1.10	5.00 ± 1.03	0.06

Data are presented as the mean ± SD. value <0.05 is statistically significant.