Nondrainage after Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Acute Calculous Cholecystitis Does Not Increase the Postoperative Morbidity

Table 4

Postoperative pain score and cosmetic satisfaction results.

Parameters	Drainage group; (n = 106)	Nondrainage group; (n = 106)	P
Early VAS pain score
Immediate	8.8±0.6	5.5±04	< 0.001
6 hours	7.5±0.8	4.5±0.3	< 0.001
12 hours	6.8±0.5	4.0±0.5	< 0.001
24 hours	4.7±0.6	3.1±0.4	0.02
48 hours	4.5±0.4	2.5±0.2	0.03
Late VAS pain score
72 hours	2.5±0.3	1.9±0.3	0.32
1 week	2.0±0.2	1.5±0.2	0.44
Cosmetic score	7.4±2.4	7.9±2.1	0.37

VAS: Visual Analogue Scale; –Whitney U test.