Table 3: Comparison of the VAS at rest among the study groups
T2=2 hrs postoperative T6=6 hrs postoperative T10= 10 hrs postoperative T12= 12 hrs postoperative T18=18 hrs postoperative T24= 24 hrs postoperative

VAS at rest		Groups		Mean Rank		Mann-Whitney Test
		Group I	Group II	Group I	Group II	Z	P-value
T 2	Range	1-2	7-8	8.000	23.000	-4.845	< 0.001*
	Median(IRQ)	1(1)	7(1)
T 6	Range	1-2	7-8	8.000	23.000	-4.845	< 0.001*
	Median(IRQ)	1(1)	8(1)
T 10	Range	3-4	7-10	8.000	23.000	-4.792	< 0.001*
	Median(IRQ)	3(1)	8(1)
T 12	Range	3-4	7-9	8.000	23.000	-4.795	< 0.001*
	Median(IRQ)	3(1)	8(1)
T 18	Range	4-5	9-10	8.000	23.000	-4.916	< 0.001*
	Median(IRQ)	4(1)	9(0)
T 24	Range	5-6	5-6	15.000	16.000	-0.372	0.710
	Median(IRQ)	5(1)	5(1)
Friedman Test	X2	71.018	60.493
	P-value	< 0.001*	< 0.001*