Table 3.
Postoperative variables.
| OSA (n=28) | DFD (n=26) | ||||||||
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| minimum | maximum | mean | SD | minimum | maximum | mean | SD | p | |
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| Length of stay at hospital | 1 | 4 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 1 | 4 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.016 |
| Planned visits | 4 | 15 | 7.4 | 2.7 | 4 | 13 | 6.5 | 2.3 | 0.180 |
| Unplanned visits | 0 | 8 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 0 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.097 |
| Emergency Department visits | 0 | 3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.115 |
| Unplanned communications | 0 | 7 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0 | 4 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.083 |
| Number of extra analgesic prescriptions | 0 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.001 |
Abbreviations: OSA - Obstructive Sleep Apnea; DFD - Dentofacial Deformity; SD = standard deviation. For definition of variables and complications refer to Appendices 1 and 2.
Statistically significant differences (p≤0.05) are indicated in bold.