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Table 4 Comparison of subjective chew function in patients with different clinicopathologic characteristics

From: Masticatory performance in patients undergoing free fibula flap for mandible reconstruction

 

Preoperation

Postoperative

3 months

6 months

12 months

Denture rehabilitation

100 ± 0

81.3 ± 25.9

93.8 ± 17.7

100 ± 0

No denture rehabilitation

100 ± 0

75.0 ± 26.7

93.8 ± 17.7

100 ± 0

p

1.000

0.642

1.000

1.000

Benign tumor

100 ± 0

82.6 ± 24.6

94.5 ± 15.6

100 ± 0

Malignant tumor

100 ± 0

72.9 ± 28.0

93.5 ± 19.8

100 ± 0

p

1.000

0.110

0.874

1.000

H + L*

100 ± 0

80.3 ± 17.8

94.2 ± 18.3

100 ± 0

LC + C

100 ± 0

61.9 ± 34.8

92.5 ± 17.1

100 ± 0

p

1.000

0.057

0.675

1.000

Male

100 ± 0

77.4 ± 23.1

94.5 ± 19.4

100 ± 0

Female

100 ± 0

73.4 ± 29.5

91.5 ± 16.0

100 ± 0

p

1.000

0.773

0.888

1.000

Number of teeth ≤ median

100 ± 0

74.6 ± 25.2

89.8 ± 21.1

100 ± 0

Number of teeth > median

100 ± 0

78.2 ± 27.4

97.8 ± 14.3

100 ± 0

p

1.000

0.888

0.513

1.000