Table 2.
Complications overall and complications in patients with and without head and neck cancer.
| Complications | All Patients (N = 616) |
Head and Neck Cancer (N = 364) | Others (N = 252) |
p Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No complications, n (%) | 427 (69.3) | 224 (61.5) | 203 (80.6) | <0.001 |
| Wound infection, n (%) | 154 (25) | 124 (34.1) | 30 (12.9) | <0.001 |
| Buried bumper, n (%) | 7 (1.1) | 7 (1.9) | 0 (0) | 0.027 |
| Aspiration, n (%) | 5 (0.8) | 0 (0) | 5 (2) | 0.007 |
| Leakage, n (%) | 3 (0.5) | 1 (0.3) | 2 (0.8) | 0.36 |
| Dislocation, n (%) | 13 (2.1) | 8 (2.2) | 5 (2) | 0.86 |
| Removal for other reasons, n (%) | 2 (0.3) | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.4) | 0.79 |