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Table 1 Characteristics of the patients reconstructed with chimeric flap and classical flap

From: Application of chimerical ALT perforator flap with vastus lateralis muscle mass for the reconstruction of oral and submandibular defects after radical resection of tongue carcinoma: a retrospective cohort study

Characteristic

Flap

P

Chimeric flap

(n = 26)

Classical flap

(n = 25)

Age, years (mean ± SD)

51.73 ± 8.42

48.24 ± 7.83

0.14

Sex, male: female, n: n

25:1

24:1

0.98

Tumor stage

 

0.42

T1

4

6

 

T2

20

16

T3

1

3

T4

1

0

Nodal stage

 

0.54

N0

16

13

 

N1

6

4

N2

2

5

N3

2

3

Clinical stage

 

0.78

I

4

3

 

II

11

9

III

6

5

IV

5

8

Size of flap (range)

8 cm × 4.5 cm–14 cm × 6 cm

7 cm × 4 cm–14 cm × 7 cm

0.60

Size of muscle (range)

3 cm × 3 cm–5 cm × 4 cm

 

Size of dead cavity (range)

3 cm × 3 cm–5 cm × 4 cm

3 cm × 3 cm–5 cm × 4 cm

0.34

  1. Date presented as mean ± SD or n, unless otherwise indicated