Table 5.

Symptoms at follow-up in implant-removal group compared with the non-removal group*

	Implant-removal group (n=152)		Non-removal group (n=180)		Odds compared with having no change in symptoms, removal versus no removal
	n	%	n	%	OR	95% CI	P value
Significant improvement	46	30	22	12	2.86	1.31 to 6.24	0.008
Moderate improvement	19	13	25	14	1.04	0.45 to 2.41	0.927
No change	19	13	26	14	–	–	–
Deterioration	68	45	107	59	0.88	0.45 to 1.71	0.712

*Note that in this Table, only the number of symptoms, and not the severity, is taken into account.

%, percentage of women; n, number of women.