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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Both groups were comparable in terms of the age distribution (multiple suture group, 26. 0 4. 73 years ; single suture group, 25. 8 4. 28 years, P =. 755), difficulty index (multiple suture group, 5. 0 1. 68 ; single suture group, 4. 9 4. 79 ; P =. 935), duration of surgery (multiple suture group, 29. 7 6. 11 minutes ; single suture group, 30. 0 6. 04 minutes ; P =. 835), and baseline parameters such as facial width (multiple suture group, 10. 0 1. 32 cm ; single suture group, 9. 8 0. 37 cm ; P =. 115), mouth opening (multiple suture group, 4. 5 1. 32 cm, single suture group, 4. 8 0. 26 cm ; P =. 165), and preoperative pain, which was 0 in both groups.