Fig. 4

Kaplan-Meier plots: Left, Considering both minor and severe complications as equivalent statistical events, the 100 day survival rate was 88 %, the 200 day survival rate 70 %, and the 300 days survival rate 56.8 %. The median time to complication after Herbst insertion was not reached. Right, The survival rate for severe complications requiring longer appointments for repair (fractures of individualized Herbst attachments (shells), not considering L-Pin fractures; total: 6 events) was 88.2 % for 100 days, 83.7 % for 200 days and 77.3 % for 300 days