TABLE I.
Patient Characteristics.
| Characteristic | OCRFFF (n = 73) |
Fibula (n = 51) |
P – value | All Patients (n = 137) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age – years | 0.94 | |||
| Mean (Range) | 66.6 | 66.4 | 67.1 (31 – 96) | |
| Gender (%) | 0.57 | |||
| Male | 48 (66) | 36 (70) | 92 (68) | |
| Female | 25 (34) | 15 (30) | 45 (32) | |
| Tumor subsite (%) | 0.01 | |||
| Alveolus | 16 (23) | 10 (20) | 35 (26) | |
| RMT | 11 (15) | 17 (33) | 29 (21) | |
| Oral Tongue | 11 (15) | 15 (29) | 35 (26) | |
| FOM | 13 (19) | 5 (10) | 19 (14) | |
| Buccal | 9 (13) | 1 (2) | 10 (7) | |
| Other | 11 (15) | 3 (6) | 10 (7) | |
| Histology (%) | 0.37 | |||
| SCC | 69 (96) | 46 (92) | 128 (93) | |
| Mucoepidermoid | 2 (3) | 3 (6) | 6 (4) | |
| Ameloblastoma | 1 (1) | 1 (2) | 2 (2) | |
| Adenocarcionma | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | |
| T classification (%) | < 0.001 | |||
| T1 | 0 | 3 (6) | 3 (3) | |
| T2 | 11 (16) | 19 (39) | 31 (23) | |
| T3 | 11 (16) | 0 | 15 (11) | |
| T4 | 46 (66) | 27 (55) | 82 (62) | |
| Tx | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 (1) | |
| Tongue resection (%) | 0.002 | |||
| None | 51 (70) | 27 (53) | 87 (64) | |
| < 25% | 12 (16) | 22 (43) | 37 (27) | |
| ≥ 25% | 10 (40) | 2 (4) | 11 (9) | |
| XRT (%) | 0.57 | |||
| Preoperative | 17 (25) | 15 (31) | 37 (28) | |
| Postoperative | 40 (59) | 24 (49) | 70 (54) | |
| None | 11 (16) | 10 (20) | 23 (18) | |
| Chemotherapy (%) | 0.42 | |||
| Yes | 9 (13) | 10 (20) | 20 (15) | |
| No | 60 (87) | 40 (80) | 112 (85) |
OCRFFF, osteocutaneous radial forearm free flap; RMT, retromolar trigone; FOM, floor of mouth; XRT, radiation