Gram-positive bacteria are the major cause of infections following MDO, among which S. aureus accounting for the majority of cases. The distractor insertion approach was identified as a risk factor for postoperative infection from January 2019 to June 2024, indicating that using an extraoral approach has a higher infection risk than the intraoral approach.
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