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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of patients

From: Three-dimensional evaluation of postoperative swelling in treatment of zygomatic bone fractures using two different cooling therapy methods: a randomized, observer-blind, prospective study

 

Hilotherm

Conventional

P- value

Female gender (n/total (%))

4/21 (19)

3/21 (14)

0.68

Age (years)

36.5 ±16.1

35.6 ± 21.9

0.89

Body mass index (kg/m2)

23.8 ± 3.6

24.4 ± 3.8

0.56

Surgery duration (minutes)

70.2 ± 33.4

73.9 ± 38.7

0.74

Hospitalization duration (days)

4.6 ± 1.9

4.4 ± 1.1

0.69

Preoperative pain score (visual analogue scale)

3.1 ± 0.7

3.2 ± 0.8

0.55

Preoperative neurological score

3.4 ± 1.7

3.5 ± 1.7

0.86

Preoperative limited eye motility (n/total (%))

12/21 (57)

13/21 (62)

0.75

Preoperative diplopia (n/total (%))

10/21 (48)

10/21 (48)

1.00

  1. All values are ± standard deviation unless indicated otherwise.