Table 1. Demographic Characteristics of Patients Undergoing Transcervical vs Transoral Approach to the Mandibular Angle.
| Characteristic | No. (%) | P Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All (N = 135) | Transcervical (n = 87) | Transoral (n = 48) | Difference (95% CI), % | ||
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 113 (83.7) | 75 (86.2) | 38 (79.2) | 7 (−6 to 20) | .29 |
| Female | 22 (16.3) | 12 (13.8) | 10 (20.8) | ||
| Age, median (range), y | 29 (18 to 82) | 30 (18 to 79) | 29 (18 to 82) | 1 (−4 to 6) | .70 |
| ACE-27a | |||||
| 0-1 | 91 (81.3) | 51 (77.3) | 40 (87.0) | 10 (−5 to 23) | .16 |
| 2-3 | 21 (18.7) | 15 (22.7) | 6 (13.0) | ||
| Smokingb | |||||
| Never/former | 37 (35.9) | 19 (32.8) | 18 (40.0) | 7 (−11 to 25) | .44 |
| Current | 66 (64.1) | 39 (67.2) | 27 (60.0) | ||
| Other mandible fractures | 88 (65.2) | 59 (67.8) | 29 (60.4) | 8 (−8 to 24) | .33 |
| Other facial fractures | 21 (15.6) | 13 (14.9) | 8 (16.7) | 2 (−13 to 17) | .80 |
| Angle fracture severity | |||||
| Nondisplaced or minimally displaced | 89 (65.9) | 51 (58.6) | 38 (79.2) | 20 (4 to 36) | .01 |
| Moderately or severely displaced | 46 (34.1) | 36 (41.4) | 10 (20.8) | ||
| Mechanism of injury | |||||
| Assault | 97 (71.9) | 66 (75.9) | 31 (64.6) | 11 (−5 to 27) | .18 |
| Other | 38 (28.1) | 21 (24.1) | 17 (35.4) | ||
| Angle plating | |||||
| FT/RB | 109 (80.7) | 77 (88.5) | 32 (66.7) | 22 (1 to 43) | .04 |
| Other | 26 (19.3) | 10 (11.5) | 16 (33.3) | ||
| Postoperative maxillomandibular fixation | 27 (20.0) | 21 (24.1) | 6 (12.5) | 11 (−2 to 24) | .10 |
| Perioperative antibiotics | |||||
| Ampicillin-sulbactam | 29 (21.5) | 16 (18.4) | 13 (27.1) | 9 (−6 to 24) | .24 |
| Other | 106 (78.5) | 71 (81.6) | 35 (72.9) | ||
| Time from injury to surgery, median (range), d | 6 (1 to 44) | 7 (1 to 44) | 6 (1 to 27) | 1 (−1 to 3) | .33 |
| Operating time, median (range), minc | 101 (64 to 255) | 131 (81 to 255) | 92 (64 to 183) | 39 (4 to 74) | .03 |
Abbreviations: ACE-27, 27-item Adult Comorbidity Evaluation; FT/RB, fracture plate with tension band or reconstruction bar.
a
Twenty-three patients did not have ACE-27 data available.
b
Thirty-two patients did not have smoking data available.
c
These data only included patients with an isolated angle fracture with no other facial fractures.