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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the study participants

From: Health-related quality of life: a retrospective study on local vs. microvascular reconstruction in patients with oral cancer

 

Types of reconstruction

 

N = 88

LR n = 42 (47.8%)

MVR n = 46 (52.2%)

Total n = 88

Sex

 Men

27 (64.2%)

31 (67.4%)

58 (65.9%)

 Women

15 (35.7%)

15 (32.6%)

30 (34.1%)

 Age

60.4 ± 12.0 y

58.9 ± 9.7 y

59.7 ± 10.8 y

T-status

 T1

29 (69.0%)

17 (33.0%)

46 (52.2%)

 T2

9 (21.4%)

16 (34.8%)

25 (28.4%)

 T3

1 (2.3%)

0

1 (1.1%)

 T4

3 (7.1%)

13 (28.3%)

16 (18.1%)

Adjuvant therapy

 Radiotherapy

4 (9.5%)

5 (10.8%)

9 (10.2%)

 Radio chemotherapy

1 (2.3%)

5 (10.8%)

6 (6.8%)

 Chemotherapy alone

1 (2.3%)

1 (2.2%)

2 (2.3%)

 No adjuvant therapy

36 (85.7%)

35 (76.1%)

71 (80.6%)

Time from surgery to survey

 3–6 months

12 (28.5%)

15 (32.6%)

26 (29.5%)

 1 year

9 (21.4%)

5 (10.8%)

14 (15.9%)

 1–2 years

5 (11.9%)

6 (13%)

11 (12.5%)

  ≥ 2 years

17 (40.4%)

20 (43.5%)

37 (42%)

Neck dissection

 Yes

37 (88.1%)

43 (93.5%)

80 (90.9%)

 No

5 (11.9%)

3 (6.5%)

8 (9.1%)

  1. LR local reconstruction, MVR microvascular reconstruction