Are Biodegradable Osteosyntheses Still an Option for Midface Trauma? Longitudinal Evaluation of Three Different PLA-Based Materials

Table 3

Fracture localization and distribution and quality of nerve disturbance ().

FU	Localization	Norm (%)	Hyp (%)	Par (%)	An (%)	MD (%)
T1	Upper jaw	11 (17.2)	43 (67.2)	7 (10.9)	3 (4.7)	0
T2	Upper jaw	35 (54.7)	26 (40.6)	2 (3.1)	1 (1.6)	0
T3	Upper jaw	50 (78.1)	8 (12.5)	4 (6.3)	1 (1.6)	1 (1.6)	0.045

FU: Follow-up time point in months (m), (T1 = 3 m, T2 = 6 m, T3 = 12 m); Norm: normal; Hyp: hypaesthesia; Par: paraesthsia; An: anaesthesia; MD: missing data. Apart from T1 versus T3, no statistical significance was seen between the FU time points, level of significance ().