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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: In the cryo group there was a statistically significant improvement in postop pain scores (P = 10 (-4)), reduction in consumption of morphine (P = 10 (-4)) and other analgesics (P = 10 (-4)), optimization (less acidosis) of the pH values of blood gases (P < 0. 015 over 72 hours postop and P < 0. 03 on the first and second postop months), increase in systolic blood pressure (P < 0. 05 over 96 hours postop), reduction in heart rate (P < 0. 05 over 96 hours postop), increase in values of FEV1 (P < 0. 02) and FVC (P < 0. 05) at the first and second postop months, reduction in the incidence of nausea (0. 05 < P < 0. 1 over 18 hours postop), numbness, epigastric distension and back pain (P < 0. 05 at days 5, 6, 7, 14, 30 and 60 following surgery).