Table 5. Intraoperative complications by groups.
| Intraoperative complications | Group A | Group B | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| Bleeding | 2 | 4.9 | 2 | 3.6 | 4 | 4.2 |
| Inappropriate place of the osteotomy | - | 0.0 | 2 | 3.6 | 2 | 2.0 |
| Difficulty fashioning the mucosal flaps | 1 | 2.4 | 2 | 3.6 | 3 | 3.0 |
| Nasal mucosal tearing | 2 | 4.9 | 3 | 5.3 | 5 | 5.1 |
| Uneventful | 36 | 87.8 | 47 | 83.9 | 83 | 85.6 |
| Total | 41 | 100.0 | 56 | 100.0 | 97 | 100.0 |
| Fisher’s test; P value=1.0; DF=1 | ||||||