Table 8 Pain and MOCART scores stratified by lesion size
| Â | Lesion size, cm2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 < 3.5 (n = 4) | 3.5–5.5 (n = 18) | 5.5–7.5 (n = 17) |  ≥ 7.5 (n = 4) | P value* | |
VAS | |||||
 Baseline | 81.0 ± 4.8 | 78.1 ± 6.3 | 80.5 ± 7.3 | 75.6 ± 10.2 | n.s |
 1 month | 42.0 ± 4.7 | 43.3 ± 10.0 | 43.9 ± 8.4 | 44.3 ± 7.9 | n.s |
 3 months | 40.8 ± 5.1 | 42.1 ± 10.8 | 44.2 ± 9.2 | 47.8 ± 4.9 | n.s |
 6 months | 40.5 ± 6.4 | 38.2 ± 10.6 | 41.1 ± 8.0 | 40.8 ± 6.6 | n.s |
 12 months | 26.7 ± 6.8 | 34.5 ± 5.9 | 38.5 ± 6.8 | 40.3 ± 4.3 | 0.008 |
MOCART | 80.0 ± 14.7 | 73.9 ± 9.2 | 67.9 ± 9.7 | 56.3 ± 4.8 | 0.007 |