Research Article
Postoperative Skeletal Stability and Pharyngeal Airway: Counterclockwise versus Clockwise Rotation during Mandibular Setback Surgery
Table 4
Pearson test of clockwise and counterclockwise rotation of mandibular setback in the final surgical changes (T31).
| | Clockwise | Counterclockwise | NOP | UOP | TOP | EOP | NOP | UOP | TOP | EOP |
| C4C2-SN angle | −0.23 | 0.42 | 0.36 | 0.18 | 0.30 | −0.01 | 0.38 | 0.00 | Palatal angle | −0.17 | −0.24 | −0.41 | −0.18 | −0.08 | −0.27 | −0.35 | −0.07 | Soft palate width | −0.22 | 0.04 | −0.02 | −0.12 | 0.32 | 0.09 | 0.20 | −0.09 | Soft palate length | 0.03 | −0.03 | −0.33 | −0.03 | −0.28 | 0.23 | −0.32 | 0.25 | Hyoid | Horizontal | 0.16 | −0.39 | −0.14 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.01 | −0.18 | 0.17 | Vertical | −0.12 | 0.08 | −0.03 | 0.36 | 0.01 | −0.11 | 0.10 | 0.12 | Menton | Horizontal | 0.41 | 0.08 | 0.29 | 0.08 | 0.41 | −0.03 | 0.12 | 0.22 | Vertical | 0.58 | 0.05 | 0.33 | 0.13 | −0.18 | 0.02 | −0.01 | −0.08 |
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Statistically significant; ; —: not significant. |