Efficacy and Safety of Oxybuprocaine Hydrochloride Gel in Alleviating Pain during Male Urethral Catheterization: A Single-Center Randomized Controlled Study

Table 4

Comparison of pain scores in patients with different sizes of catheters.

Catheter size	Patients	Pain scores
		Preoperation	Postoperation
8F	4	21.65 ± 2.65	35.63 ± 5.44
10F	41	19.87 ± 2.72	35.70 ± 4.59
16F	8	19.04 ± 2.06	33.73 ± 3.98
18F	139	20.26 ± 3.01	35.50 ± 4.06
F-value	—	0.932	0.503
-value	—	0.426	0.681

There was no statistical difference in pain scores of patients with different sizes of catheters in preoperation and postoperation ().