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Table 1 Flap type, clinicopathological factors, and outcome

From: Alternatives to free flap surgery for maxillofacial reconstruction: focus on the submental island flap and the pectoralis major myocutaneous flap

  Flap type
SMIF RFF PMMF Total p-value
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  
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