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Longitudinal evaluation16510MeansandstandarddeviationsweregivenfornormallydistributeddataMediansandtherangeweregivenfornon-normallydistributeddataIfanoutcomevaluewasnormallydistributedinonesub-groupbutwasn’tinthecounterpartgroupbothvalueswillbereportedwithmediansandrangesforconsistencyLevelofstatisticalsignificancewassetatp<005ForstatisticalanalysesIBMSPSSStatisticsversion25(IBMGermanyGmbHEhningenGermany)wasusedRESULTS3DPHOTOACQUISITIONAltogether,3843Dphotosfrom106EACSpatientsand1083Dphotosfrom34OCVRpatientswereused TheEACSandOCVRgroupscontained84and29malesrespectivelyAtotalof130reference3Dphotoswith64males(49%)uptotheageof24-monthswereobtainedfromanearlierstudy15 The3Dphotodistributionisshownin Table1SECONDARY TREATMENTASPECTSThesecondarytreatmentaspectsof114EACSpatients(92males)and36OCVRpatients(29males)werecollectedandpresentedin Table2 Themale-femaleratiowas4to1inbothtreatmentgroupsEACSpatientshadlessbloodlossshortersurgeryshorteranesthesiatimeandashorterlengthofstayOnlyoneEACScasewastreatedintheICUfor3daysIntheOCVRgroup25caseswereadmittedtotheICUfor1dayeach Theremodelinghelmetwasworn96monthsonaverage(standarddeviation=24range=39-161)afterEACSFewerbloodtransfusionsweregivenduringsurgeryinEACSandtheamountofbloodgivenwassignificantlylowerintheEACSgroupRemarkablyinbothOCVRandEACSgroupsthepost-surgicaltransfusionratewasthesame(n=719%andn=1917%respectively)