Methylprednisolone and Hyaluronic Acid versus Each Agent Alone to Control Complication of Impacted Wisdom Removal

Table 1

Inflammatory swelling in all groups at different study periods.

Variables	Preoperative	Postoperative					value
		1^st day	2^nd day	3^rd day	7^th day	10^th day
Mean L1–L4
Group I	9.87 ± 0.82	10.61 ± 0.77	10.83 ± 0.74	11.11 ± 0.78	10.95 ± 0.8	9.92 ± 0.76	<0.001
Group II	9.86 ± 0.4	10.01 ± 0.68	10.39 ± 0.47	10.45 ± 0.41	9.8 ± 0.76	9.8 ± 0.78	0.68
Group III	9.55 ± 0.93	10.28 ± 1.01	10.31 ± 0.8	10.95 ± 1.59	9.83 ± 0.98	9.65 ± 0.47	0.007
Group IV	9.96 ± 0.62	9.81 ± 1.27	9.83 ± 0.69	10.02 ± 0.81	9.71 ± 0.52	9.95 ± 0.73	0.96
value	0.149	0.039	<0.001	<0.001	0.043	0.68
Mean L5–L7
Group I	11.82 ± 1.64	12.6 ± 1.71	13.03 ± 1.66	13.29 ± 1.56	12.51 ± 1.66	11.98 ± 1.69	0.034
Group II	11.58 ± 1.01	11.98 ± 1.08	12.65 ± 1.06	12.8 ± 1.02	11.84 ± 1.07	11.6 ± 1.16	0.015
Group III	12.03 ± 0.69	12.28 ± 0.82	12.43 ± 0.77	12.91 ± 0.76	12.14 ± 0.72	12.08 ± 0.88	0.020
Group IV	12.55 ± 0.67	12.91 ± 0.69	13.01 ± 0.7	13.08 ± 0.62	12.81 ± 0.61	12.47 ± 0.7	0.079
value	0.092	0.22	0.32	0.41	0.07	0.27
Mean L1–L7
Group I	10.76 ± 1.14	11.72 ± 1.14	12.04 ± 1.11	12.16 ± 1.09	10.96 ± 1.12	10.81 ± 1.06	<0.001
Group II	10.9 ± 0.61	11.23 ± 0.72	11.3 ± 0.64	11.26 ± 0.64	11.04 ± 0.83	10.93 ± 0.73	0.389
Group III	10.61 ± 0.71	11.14 ± 0.85	11.22 ± 0.65	11.66 ± 1.04	10.73 ± 0.82	10.69 ± 0.57	0.007
Group IV	10.96 ± 0.55	11.14 ± 0.91	11.19 ± 0.59	11.31 ± 0.6	11.04 ± 0.53	11.03 ± 0.66	0.70
value	0.31	0.59	0.14	0.045	0.71	0.28

Significance: value in column indicates significance at different follow-up periods in each group, while in row indicates significance between groups.