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. 2018 Aug 1;13(8):e0200589. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0200589

Table 3. Average volumetric difference, the average surface, and average calculated movement of 24 patients in relevant face region.

Although the paranasal and upper lip region are forward, other areas are mostly backward.

Region no. Region Volumetric difference
(mm3)
Preoperative region surface (mm2) Average movement
(mm)
Average movement ratio
Hard tissue Soft tissue Hard tissue Soft tissue Hard tissue(H) Soft tissue(S) S/H ratio(%)
1 Right paranasal 485±146 476±324 355±84 506±209 1.4±0.4 0.9±0.4 0.68±0.36
2 Left paranasal 464±160 399±280 363±102 463±189 1.3±0.3 0.8±0.3 0.63±0.33
3 Right supracommissural -1899±850 -954±688 833±349 535±181 -2.5±1.5 -1.6±0.8 0.68±0.20
4 Left supracommissural -1918±1031 -1039±720 796±398 594±155 -2.6±1.5 -1.6±0.9 0.67±0.34
5 Upper lip 119±613 -65±520 460±130 350±180 0.3±1.2 0.0 ±1.2 0.77±0.35
6 Upper vermilion -681±835 -799±748 539±189 563±176 -1.2±1.3 -1.3±1.2 0.99±0.48
7 Lower vermilion -3533±1293 -3732±1314 622±180 697±169 -5.7±1.6 -5.4±1.6 0.95±0.19
8 Chin -12597±4263 -14503±5572 1586±291 2211±506 -8.0±2.4 -6.5±2.1 0.83±0.11
9 Right infracommissural -6580±3706 -10994±4145 1677±417 3357±679 -4.2±1.2 -3.2±0.9 0.80±0.23
10 Left infracommissural -7464±3463 -12416±5485 1682±451 3406±742 -4.3±1.2 -3.6±1.0 0.82±0.19

Positive values of the surface distance indicate displacement in the forward direction and negative values indicate displacement in the backward direction.

S/H ratio is the ratio of soft tissue movement to hard tissue movement