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Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Table 5 Assessment of 2nd pin prick in 2nd Tinel’s test

From: Application of Tinel’s test combed with clinical neurosensory test distinguishes spontaneous healing of lingual nerve neuropathy after mandibular third molar extraction

 

2nd Tinel’s test

 

Negative

Positive

p value*1

2nd pin prick level 0 (%)

0 (0.0)

17 (73.9)

 < 0.001

1 (%)

2(20.0)

6 (26.1)

 

2 (%)

8(80.0)

0 (0.0)

 
  1. The Fisher exact probability test analysis was used to search for correlations between changes in Tinel’s test and pin prick
  2. *1Student’s t test was employed to determine the differences between the means of the variables measured within test groups
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