Effect of Pregabalin and Dexamethasone on Postoperative Analgesia after Septoplasty

Table 3

Mean postoperative pain scores (NRS) for each of the indicated times of evaluation (median and interquartile range).

Hours	Group C (control)	Group P (pregabalin)	Group PD (pregabalin + dexamethasone)	𝑃 value^a
0	5 (0–8)^b,c	3 (0–6)^b	2.5 (0–7)^c	<0.001
1	2 (0–4)	1 (0–4)	1.5 (0–3)	0.033
2	1.5 (0–5)^b,c	0 (0–2)^b	0 (0–3)^c	0.004
4	1 (0–4)	0 (0–3)	0 (0–3)	0.009
6	1 (0–5)	0 (0–3)	0 (0–2)	0.013
8	1 (0–3)	0 (0–2)	0 (0–2)	0.028
12	1 (0–3)	0 (0–3)	0 (0–3)	0.010
24	0.5 (0–2)	0 (0–2)	0 (0–4)	0.008

aBonferroni adjustment multiple comparisons. 𝑃 value less than 0.00625 was accepted as statistically significant.
^bThere was a statistically significant difference between Group C and Group P (𝑃<0.01).
^cThere was a statistically significant difference between Group C and Group PD (𝑃<0.01).