Table 3.

Post-operative Radiation Complications

Patient	High- grade mucositis	Dysphagia	Cytopenia	Premature termination/ interruption of RT	Other Complications	Status / Disease-free interval (mo) / Post-op survival (mo)
	X	X	X	X	Sepsis	D / 0 / 2
2				X	Recurrence, sepsis	D / 2 / 2
3	X		X		Graft site breakdown, mandibular hardware removal, recurrence	D / 16 / 54
4	X	X	X		Hemorrhage, pleural thickening, sepsis	D / 55 / 55
5		X		X	Dyspnea, asystole/ cardiac arrest	D / 2 / 2
6	X		X	X	Tracheal stenosis, radiation pneumonitis, recurrent pneumonia, recurrence	D / 4 / 12
7		X	X			A / 21+ / 21+
8	X	X			Hemorrhage, trismus, fibrosis, esophageal stenosis, oral dryness	A / 25+ / 25+
9	X	X			Recurrence	D / 5 / 77
10	X		X		Dermatitis, sepsis	D / 10 / 10
11	X	X	X	X	Wound breakdown, dermatitis, hemorrhage	A / 15+ / 15+
12	X	X			Laryngeal edema, fibrosis, esophageal stenosis, recurrence	A / 33 / 129+
Totals	9/12 (75%)	8/12 (67%)	6/12 (50%)	5/12 (42%)		/ 15.7 / 33/7 (avg) / (avg)

Abbreviations: A = Alive, D = Deceased, RT = radiotherapy, mo = months, avg = average