Table I. Complications, margins, vital state in patients with transmandibular and submandibular approach.
Conservative transmandibular approach (12 pts) | Submandibular approach (163 pts) | ||||
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No. | (%) | No | (%) | p | |
Early complications | 1 | (8.33) | 5 | (3.06) | ns |
Late complications | 7 | (58) | 18 | (11.04) | 0.00 |
Margins | |||||
Free | 11 | (91.66) | 139 | 85.27) | |
Close | 1 | (8.33) | 16 | (9.81) | |
Involved | 0 | (0) | 8 | (4.9) | ns |
T recurrence | 4 | (33.3) | 19 | (11.6) | 0.01 |
Vital state | |||||
Alive with T | 1 | (8.3) | 10 | (6.13) | |
Dead by T | 2 | (16.66) | 18 | (11.04) | ns |