Table IV.
Post-treatment long-term complications for disease recurrence.
| Complications* | All patients (n = 24)** | Surgery with adjuvant RT (n = 5) | Definitive RT (n = 5) | Surgery with adjuvant CRT (n = 4) | Surgery alone (n = 4) | Surgery with adjuvant CT (n = 2) | Definitive CRT (n = 1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long-term complications, no. (%) | 9 (37.5) | 4(80) | 3(60) | 1(25) | 0 | 1(50) | 0 |
| Dysphagia | 3 (12.5) | 0 | 3(60) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cranial nerve neuropathy | 2(8) | 2(40) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trismus | 1(4) | 0 | 1(20) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osteoradionecrosis | 1(4) | 1(20) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chronic rhinosinusitis | 1(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(50) | 0 |
| Hyposmia | 1(4) | 1(20) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RT: radiotherapy; CRT: chemoradiotherapy; CT: chemotherapy. *Post-treatment complication for disease recurrence was defined as a new complication that was not present following initial management. **Three patients died before treatment was given. | |||||||