Table 3.

Treatment methods

Treatment of primary tumor	Partial lateral parotidectomy 37 patients		Lateral parotidectomy 34 patients		Total parotidectomy 32 patients
Neck	N0 31	Neck dissection 6	N0 28	Neck dissection 6	N0 17	Neck dissection 15
Age
>57 years	17	5	10	2	12	10
<57 years	14	1	18	4	5	5
T	T1-19	T1-1	T2-11	T2-3	T3-2	T3-2
	T2-12	T2-5	T3-13	T3-3	T4-15	T4-13
			T4-4
N	N0-31	N0-4	N0-28	N0-1	N0-17	N0-2
		N1-2		N1-5		N1-13
Paresis of the facial nerve	0	0	4	0	16	12