Table 5 Total operative time, postoperative complications, and pain (VAS) in OSA patients who underwent staged and single-stage multilevel surgery
Operative and postoperative data | Surgical procedures | Test of Sig | (P) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Staged nasal thenpalate (n = 20) | Staged palate then nasal (n = 20) | Single-stage multilevel (n = 20) | |||
Total operative time (min) | 120–155 | 110–157 | 60–110 | H = 42 | |
Min–max | 135 ± 30 | 130 ± 28 | 80 ± 25 | 76 | |
Mean ± SD | p1 = 0.09, p2 < 0.001, p3 < 0.001 | ||||
Complications | |||||
No complications | 15 (75%) | 16 (80%) | 12 (60%) | χ2 = 7.65 | MCp = 0.220 |
Infection | 4 (20%) | 1 (5%) | 2 (10%) | ||
Bleeding | 1 (5%) | 3 (15%) | 3 (15%) | ||
Suture extrusion | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (15%) | ||
Postoperative pain VAS | |||||
Mean ± SD | 2.8 ± 0.6 | 3.7 ± 0.7 | 5.8 ± 1.4 | H = 45.40 | < 0.001 |
Median (min.–max.) | 2 (1–3) | 3.5 (3–5) | 6 (3–7) | ||
Sig. bet. grps | p1 = 0.06, p2 < 0.001, p3 = 0.003 | ||||