## 3 Results  
Of the 36 patients included in the study, 23 were female and 13 were male, with a mean age of 22.42 \(\pm\) 3.36 years (Table 1).  
VAS scores at hour 6 showed a significant difference between groups. VAS scores were higher in group 1 (\(p\) < 0.05). There was no significant difference between the groups in terms of the VAS (except for the 6 th hour), rescue analgesic use, mouth opening, and facial measurements at other times (\(p\) > 0.05) (Table 2).  
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**Age** & **Min–Max: (18–39)** & **Mean: 22.42 \(\pm\) 3.36** & \\ \hline  & & **n** & **\%** \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Gender} & Female & 23 & 63.9 \\  & Male & 13 & 36.1 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 1: Age and gender distribution.  
Figure 1: (a) Primary closure in group 1; (b) secondary closure in group 2.  
It was found that the change in mouth opening and facial measurements over time did not cause a significant difference between the groups (\(p>0.05\)) (Table 2).  
When the change in VAS scores was analyzed according to time, a difference was observed between the sixth hour and the seventh day. It was found that the decrease was greater in group 1 than in group 2 (\(p<0.05\)). There was no difference between the groups in terms of change at other times (\(p>0.05\)) (Table 2).  
The preoperative, second, and seventh postoperative facial scores differed according to gender. It was found that the facial scores of males were higher than those of females (\(p<0.05\)). Day-4 VAS scores differed by gender. Male VAS scores were higher than female VAS scores (\(p<0.05\)). There was no statistically significant difference in VAS scores and rescue analgesic use between the genders at other times (\(p>0.05\)) (Table 3).  
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\begin{tabular}{l c c c c c} \hline \hline  & \multicolumn{5}{c}{**Groups**} \\ \cline{2-6}  & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Primary Closure**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Secondary Closure**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{\(p^{2}\)} \\ \cline{2-6}  & **Mean** & **Sd** & **Mean** & **Sd** & \\ \hline Preoperative mouth opening & 45.56 & 6.51 & 44.23 & 6.37 & 0.547 \\ \hline
2 nd-postoperative-day mouth opening & 26.47 & 8.26 & 25.56 & 6.93 & 0.612 \\ \hline
7 th-postoperative-day mouth opening & 38.61 & 8.00 & 36.39 & 6.20 & 0.192 \\ \hline \(p^{1}\) = 0.528 & & & & \\ \hline Preoperative face measurements & 109.67 & 7.73 & 110.21 & 7.47 & 0.179 \\ \hline
2 nd-postoperative-day face measurements & 114.72 & 8.10 & 111.78 & 7.51 & 0.114 \\ \hline
7 th-postoperative-day face measurements & 111.00 & 8.65 & 109.22 & 6.89 & 0.338 \\ \hline \(p^{1}\) = 0.157 & & & & \\ \hline
6 th-hour VAS & 5.83 & 2.48 & 4.50 & 2.72 & **0.033 \({}^{*}\)** \\ \hline
12 th-hour VAS & 4.56 & 3.09 & 3.64 & 2.89 & 0.198 \\ \hline
18 th-hour VAS & 4.50 & 2.91 & 3.53 & 2.61 & 0.141 \\ \hline
24 th-hour VAS & 3.83 & 2.26 & 2.94 & 2.35 & 0.107 \\ \hline
2 nd-day VAS & 3.14 & 2.11 & 3.50 & 2.78 & 0.537 \\ \hline
3 rd-day VAS & 1.86 & 1.62 & 2.61 & 2.51 & 0.138 \\ \hline
4 th-day VAS & 1.31 & 1.53 & 2.06 & 2.12 & 0.090 \\ \hline
5 th-day VAS & 0.86 & 1.31 & 1.56 & 2.09 & 0.096 \\ \hline
6 th-day VAS & 0.81 & 1.51 & 1.17 & 1.54 & 0.318 \\ \hline
7 th-day VAS & 0.61 & 1.23 & 1.06 & 1.58 & 0.187 \\ \hline \multicolumn{7}{c}{\(p^{1}\) = **0.000 \({}^{*}\)**} \\ \hline Rescue analgesic number & 8.81 & 5.59 & 7.39 & 4.92 & 0.257 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular} \(p^{1}\) < 0.05, repeated ANOVA; \(p^{2}\) < 0.05, independent groups \(t\) test. \({}^{*}\) statistically significant.  
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Table 2: Comparison of mouth opening, face measurement, VAS scores, and rescue analgesic number according to groups.