Clinical Study
Psychosocial and Quality of Life Outcomes of Prosthetic Auricular Rehabilitation with CAD/CAM Technology
Table 7
Comparison of the clinical abutment exposure in patients willing and those unwilling to wear the ear prosthesis.
| | Immediate post-op | 1-2 week post-op | 6-month post-op | Sup | Inf | Sup | Inf | Sup | Inf |
| Willing to wear | | | | | | | Mean exposure (mm) | 1.33 | 1.33 | 1.75 | 1.75 | 2 | 2.33 | Standard deviation | 1.04 | 1.44 | 0.66 | 1.15 | 0.25 | 0.58 | Difference when compares with immediate post-op using pair -test? (-value) | | | No (0.15) | No (0.15) | No (0.14) | No (0.21) |
| Unwilling to wear | | | | | | | Mean exposure (mm) | 3.50 | 3.17 | 0 | 1.27 | 1 | 2.33 | Standard deviation | 1.32 | 1.26 | 0 | 1.42 | 1.73 | 2.08 | Difference when compared with immediate post-op using pair -test? (-value) | | | Yes (0.02) | No (0.09) | Yes (0.04) | No (0.23) |
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