Table 3 Descriptive statistics of postoperative pain results for HyFlex EDM GPF and PathFile groups
VAS score | Treatment group | Postoperative follow-up interval | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AM1 | PM1 | AM2 | PM2 | AM3 | PM3 | AM4 | PM4 | AM5 | PM5 | AM6 | PM6 | AM7 | PM7 | ||
No pain (0) | HyFlex EDM GPF | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 21 | 21 |
PathFile | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 14 | |
Mild pain (1–3) | HyFlex EDM GPF | 18 | 19 | 28 | 29 | 31 | 34 | 32 | 31 | 28 | 27 | 23 | 23 | 18 | 18 |
PathFile | 13 | 13 | 21 | 23 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 25 | 25 | |
Moderate pain (4–6) | HyFlex EDM GPF | 22 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
PathFile | 27 | 27 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
Severe pain (7–10) | HyFlex EDM GPF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
PathFile | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |