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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: The use of an endoloop was associated with a shorter operating time (48. 85 min + / - 21. 019 vs 61. 14 min + / - 22. 603, 95 % CI -20. 864 to -3. 724), lower visual analog scores for postoperative pain at day 1 (2. 02 + / - 0. 960 vs 2. 74 + / - 0. 828, 95 % CI -1. 074 to -0. 368) and day 7 (0. 85 + / - 0. 802 vs 1. 44 + / - 0. 837, 95 % CI -0. 916 to -0. 272), and lesser total analgesia required by patients at day 7 after the operation (7. 65 + / - 6. 119 vs 15. 32 + / - 8. 326, 95 % CI -10. 529 to -4. 804).