Table 1.

Master chart for group Ab

Patient no	Age	Sex	Fracture location	Medical co-morbidity	Interval between injury and operation	Approach	Infection
1	22 years	M	Lt ZMC	None	7 days	Intraoral	No
2	33 years	M	Lt ZMC	None	8 days	Intraoral + extraoral	No
3	28 years	M	Lt ZMC + orthopaedic	None	2 days	Intraoral	No
4	23 years	M	Rt ZMC	HBSAg positive	2 days	Intraoral	No
5	27 years	M	Lt ZMC	None	1 day	Intraoral	No
6	45 years	M	Lt ZMC + Lt parasymphysis	None	4 days	Intraoral + extraoral	No
7	32 years	M	Lt ZMC + Lt frontal bone + dentoalveolar	None	6 days	Intraoral	No
8	43 years	M	Rt ZMC + orthopaedic	None	4 days	Intraoral	No
9	25 years	M	Rt ZMC	None	5 days	Intraoral + extraoral	No
10	23 years	M	Rt ZMC	None	3 days	Intraoral + extraoral	No
11	28 years	M	Lt ZMC	None	7 days	Intraoral + extraoral	No
12	46 years	M	Lt ZMC	None	5 days	Intraoral + extraoral	No
13	30 years	M	Lt ZMC	None	1 day	Intraoral	No
14	20 years	M	Rt ZMC	None	1 day	Intraoral + extraoral	No
15	25 years	M	Lt ZMC	None	27 days	Intraoral	No
16	22 years	F	Parasymphysis	None	3 days	Intraoral	No
17	24 years	M	Parasymphysis	None	5 days	Extraoral	No
18	28 years	M	Parasymphysis	Asthma	8 days	Intraoral	No
19	47 years	M	Parasymphysis	DM	5 days	Intraoral	No
20	36 years	M	Parasymphysis	HTN	7 days	Intraoral	No
21	28 years	M	Parasymphysis + Angle	None	1 day	Intraoral + extraoral	No
22	28 years	M	Parasymphysis + subcondylar	None	3 days	Intraoral + extraoral	Yes
23	40 years	M	Parasymphysis	HTN	6 days	Extraoral	No
24	19 years	M	Parasymphysis	None	4 days	Intraoral	No
25	28 years	M	Body + angle	None	3 days	Intraoral	No
26	32 years	M	Parasymphysis	DM	2 days	Intraoral	No
27	33 years	M	Parasymphysis	DM	6 days	Intraoral	No
28	22 years	M	Parasymphysis + angle	None	3 days	Intraoral	No
29	42 years	M	Parasymphysis	None	3 days	Intraoral	No
30	38 years	M	Parasymphysis + subcondylar	None	4 days	Intraoral	No

Patient no.	Age/sex	1st week follow-up				3rd week follow-up
		Fever	Swelling	Purulent discharge	Fistulae	Fever	Swelling	Purulent discharge	Fistulae
1	22/M	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
2	33/M	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
3	28/M	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
4	23/M	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
5	27/M	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
6	45/M	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
7	32/M	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
8	43/M	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
9	25/M	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
10	23/M	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
11	28/M	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
12	46/M	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
13	30/M	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
14	20/M	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
15	25/M	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
16	22/F	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
17	24/M	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
18	28/M	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
19	47/M	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
20	36/M	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
21	28/M	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
22	28/M	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
23	40/M	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
24	19/M	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
25	28/M	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
26	32/M	No	No	No	No	NO	No	No	No
27	33/M	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
28	22/M	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
29	42/M	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
30	38/M	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No