Three-dimensional morphological changes of the temporomandibular joint and functional effects after mandibulotomy

Table 5 The effect of the surgery type on the imaging and the clinical outcomes

Outcomes		Mean difference	Std. Error	Significance	95% Confidence interval for difference
Outcomes		Mean difference	Std. Error	Significance	Lower bound	Upper bound
Condyle	DSI	0.03	0.03	0.25	−0.10^a	0.02
Condyle	RMSD (mm)	0.21	0.10	0.05	0.00	0.43
Disc	DSI	−0.26	0.05	<0.01	−0.38^a	−0.14^a
Disc	RMSD (mm)	0.70	0.28	0.02	0.11	1.29
Disc-condyle relationship (MxD mm)		1.25	0.25	<0.01	0.73	1.78
Mouth opening (mm)		5.00	0.98	<0.01	2.99	7.00
JFLS		9.00	1.69	<0.01	5.54	12.45

Mean differences were of the outcomes were evaluated a two-sample Hotelling T² t-test. Pairwise comparisons between the outcomes were as follows: Significance = p < 0.05
^a= Transoral surgery values were larger than the mandibulotomy surgery values, hence the negative sign

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