Table 1 Flap type, clinicopathological factors, and outcome

Age

 Mean

70.2

57.6

64.0

62.6

 < 0.001

Sex

n.s

 Male

16

37

45

98

 Female

8

15

13

36

Nicotine

0.001

 No

15

11

17

43

 Yes

9

41

41

91

Alcohol

 < 0.001

 No

19

16

27

62

 Yes

5

36

31

72

Prior surgery

 < 0.001

 No

18

46

18

82

 Yes

6

6

40

52

Prior radiation therapy

 < 0.001

 No

24

51

26

101

 Yes

0

1

32

33

Site

 Mandible/FO M

8

3

28

39

 Maxilla

1

3

2

6

 Tongue/FOM

4

38

21

63

 Cheek

6

8

1

15

 Extra-oral

5

0

6

11

Jaw resection

 < 0.001

 No

16

27

14

57

 Partial

5

24

11

40

 Segmental

3

1

33

37

Neck dissection

n.s

 No

3

3

5

11

 Yes

21

49

53

123

Tracheostomy

n.s

 No

18

23

37

78

 Yes

6

28

21

55

T-stage

 < 0.001

 T1–T2

11

46

14

71

 T3–T4

10

6

26

42

N-stage

0.024

 N-neg

18

29

24

71

 N-pos

2

23

15

40

Complications

n.s

 No

21

45

50

116

 Yes

3

7

8

18

Healing disorders

n.s

 No

22

40

39

101

 Yes

2

12

19

33

Flap success

n.s

 No

1

4

5

10

 Yes

23

48

53

124