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| Cooling (N = 54) | No cooling (N = 54) | p-value
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| VAS (0 to 100) | Mean | ( VAS = 0) | Mean | (VAS = 0 ) |
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| Return Ambu unit | 3.1 (0 - 18) | 49 (90%) | 11.2 (0 - 41) | 41 (76%) | ns |
| Postop: 2 hours | 3.4 (0 - 17) | 47 (87%) | 18.4 (0 - 52) | 36 (66%) | p = 0.01 |
| Leaving hospital | 4.6 (0 - 24) | 47 (87%) | 19.6 (0 - 48) | 28 (51%) | p = 0.01 |
| Postop: 6 hours | 12.7 (0 - 31) | 38(70%) | 29.4 (0 - 60) | 10 (18.5%) | p = 0.02 |
| 12 hours | 19.8 (0 - 34) | 18 (33%) | 24.3 (11 - 45) | 0 (0%) | p = 0.01 |
| 24 hours | 14.2 (0 - 21) | 14 (25%) | 21.7 (17 - 52) | 0 (0%) | p = 0001 |
| 48 hours | 10.2 (0 - 31) | 23 (42.5%) | 19.6 (0 - 53) | 8 (14.8%) | p = 0.01 |