Results
Overall, forty-nine patients encompassing 65.3 % (32/49) endoscopic and
34.7% (17/49) microscopic procedures were audited. Endoscopic
procedures have statistically significant lower VAS pain threshold
outcomes when compared against the microscopic procedures on post-
operative day one (endoscopic group median VAS 1.5 [0.00;11.5] mm
versus microscopic group median VAS 27.0 [15.0;65.0] mm); to day
seven (endoscopic group median VAS 0.5 [0.00;2.75] mm versus
microscopic group median VAS 9.00 [2.00;52.0] mm). Requirement for
analgesia was greater in the microscopic group at day one compared to
the endoscopic group (64.5 %, 20/31 endoscopic group vs. 100 %, 17/17
microscopic; p= 0.004).