25 February 2023: Clinical Research
Comparison of the Fractured and Non-Fractured Orbit Before and After Surgery Using a Titanium Implant or a Resorbable Poly-d,l-lactic Acid (PDLLA) Implant: A Study from a Single Center in Niš, Serbia of 58 Patients with Unilateral Orbital Floor Fracture Using Volumetric Measurement
Predrag Radović 1ABDEF* , Sonja Janković 2BDF , Milovan Papović 3BC , Marša Leone Dimitrijević 3BDF , Dragan Krasić 1ABDEDOI: 10.12659/MSM.939144
Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e939144
Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the studied population in relation to the implant.
| Titanium | PDLLA | p1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years)# | 46.13±15.24 | 40.70±17.52 | 0.212 | ||
| Sex## | |||||
| Male | 28 | 90.3 | 21 | 77.8 | 0.3412 |
| Female | 3 | 9.7 | 6 | 22.2 | |
| Side of injury## | |||||
| Right | 15 | 48.4 | 13 | 48.1 | 0.9862 |
| Left | 16 | 51.6 | 14 | 51.9 | |
| Mechanism of injury## | |||||
| Explosive | 1 | 3.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0572 |
| Fall | 6 | 19.4 | 4 | 14.8 | |
| Work | 6 | 19.4 | 1 | 3.7 | |
| Traffic | 7 | 22.6 | 4 | 14.8 | |
| Sport | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 18.5 | |
| Fight | 11 | 35.5 | 13 | 48.1 | |
| Number of days from injury to surgery# | 8.58±9.19 | 9.48±8.59 | 0.3562 | ||
| Diplopia preoperatively## | 18 | 58.1 | 17 | 63.0 | 0.7042 |
| Paresthesias preoperatively## | 30 | 96.8 | 27 | 100.0 | 1.0002 |
| Diplopia postoperatively## | 2 | 6.5 | 2 | 7.4 | 0.8862 |
| Paresthesias postoperatively## | 15 | 48.4 | 10 | 37.0 | 0.5452 |
| Enophthalmos preoperatively (mm)# | −1.87±1.56 | −2.22±1.09 | 0.2942 | ||
| Enophthalmos postoperatively (mm)# | −0.84±1.04 | −0.56±0.85 | 0.2612 | ||
| Extraocular muscle motility preoperatively limited## | 18 | 58.1 | 15 | 55.6 | 1.0002 |
| Extraocular muscle motility postoperatively limited## | 2 | 6.5 | 2 | 7.4 | 1.0002 |
| Volume preoperatively (cm)# | 28.22±3.23* | 26.39±2.52* | 0.028 | ||
| Volume postoperatively (cm)# | 26.14±2.81** | 24.11±2.28 | 0.005 | ||
| The volume of the healthy side (cm)# | 25.27±2.62 | 23.37±2.31** | 0.008 | ||
| The orbital volume difference preop (cm)# | 2.96±2.48 | 3.11±1.49 | 0.2693 | ||
| The orbital volume difference postop (cm)# | 0.87±1.89 | 0.74±0.91 | 0.4883 | ||
| OVR (%)# | 96.32±7.52 | 96.70±3.99 | 0.591 | ||
| Follow up (months)# | 22.42±9.65 | 12.07±12.83 | |||
| # Data are expressed as mean±standard deviation; ## count and percentage; 1 t test,; 2 Chi-squared test; 3 Mann-Whitney test; Titanium: * volume preoperative versus contralateral: p ** volume postoperative versus contralateral: p=0.212; PDLLA: * volume preoperative versus contralateral: p ** volume postoperative versus contralateral: p=0.232. | |||||