Postoperative Skeletal Stability and Pharyngeal Airway: Counterclockwise versus Clockwise Rotation during Mandibular Setback Surgery

Table 5

Pearson test of clockwise and counterclockwise rotation in the relapse (horizontal Me-T32 and vertical Me-T32).

Variable	Horizontal Me-T32		Vertical Me-T32
	r		r
Clockwise rotation
Horizontal Me-T21 (mm)	−0.72	<0.01	0.08	0.74
Vertical Me-T21 (mm)	0.19	0.42	−0.82	<0.01
Counterclockwise rotation
Horizontal Me-T21 (mm)	−0.41	0.07	0.10	0.68
Vertical Me-T21 (mm)	−0.23	0.34	−0.91	<0.01

Statistically significant; ; T21: immediate surgical changes; T32: final postoperation stability.