19 , 29 , 30 , 31 Smoking status, soft tissue defect size, number and thickness of plates, number and average length of screws, surgical site infection, wound dehiscence, and hardware complications were associated with at least 1 plate complication on multivariate analysis, with several other variables approaching significance ( Table 3 ).
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Risk Factors for Plate Infection, Exposure, and Removal in Mandibular Reconstruction.
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For instance, shorter screws were associated with increased rates of PRem and approached significance for plate complications.