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Table 1. Demographic and Medical Characteristics of the 119 Patients
Table 2. Postoperative Complications Following Mastoidectomy
Figure 1. Non-mastoid pressure dressing.
Figure 2. Mastoid pressure dressing.
Figure 3. Violin plot comparing overall VAS scores between the two surgical groups, obtained during the evening of the day of surgery, several hours before the dressing was removed.