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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2013 Mar 15;71(6):1073–1084. doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2012.11.015

Table 1.

Device assessment – distraction period, rate of distraction for each group

Protocol Subject
Number		 Distraction
Period		 Average
Rate		 Total
Distraction		 Complications
Group 1
  1.5 mm/d 2–294 8 Days 1.4 mm/d 11.5 mm Exit port infection
  1.5 mm/d 3–079 8 Days 1.0 mm/d 8.0 mm Wound and exit port infection
  1.5 mm/d 4–088 8 Days 1.5 mm/d 12.0 mm None
  1.5 mm/d 4–067 8 Days 1.5 mm/d 7.0 mm Torn hydraulic line
  1.5 mm/d 5–040 8 Days 1.4 mm/d 11.5 mm None
Group 2
  3.0 mm/d 5–117 4 Days 3.0 mm/d 12.0 mm None
  3.0 mm/d 6–037 5 Days 2.4 mm/d 12.0 mm Exit port infection
  3.0 mm/d 7–105 9 Days 1.4 mm/d 13.0 mm None
  3.0 mm/d 8–056 6 Days 2.1 mm/d 12.5 mm None
  3.0 mm/d 8–028 4 Days 3.0 mm/d 12.0 mm Minor wound infection