TABLE III.
Preoperative and Postoperative Function and Dentition in Patients Undergoing Lateral Segmental Mandibulecotmy.
| OCRFFF (n = 73) |
Fibula (n = 51) |
P – value | All Patients (n = 137) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preoperative Diet (%) | < 0.001 | |||
| Normal | 52 (75) | 17 (33) | 77 (58) | |
| Modified | 15 (22) | 29 (57) | 47 (35) | |
| G-tube | 2 (3) | 5 (10) | 9 (7) | |
| Diet at 12 mo (%) | 0.23 | |||
| Normal | 8 (35) | 10 (35) | 19 (32) | |
| Soft | 11 (48) | 9 (31) | 22 (37) | |
| Liquid | 1 (4) | 7 (24) | 12 (20) | |
| G-tube | 3 (13) | 3 (10) | 7 (11) | |
| Preoperative Dentition (%) | 0.77 | |||
| Native | 36 (54) | 29 (57) | 73 (55) | |
| Dentures | 7 (10) | 4 (8) | 11 (9) | |
| None | 24 (36) | 18 (35) | 47 (36) | |
| Postoperative Dentition (%) | 0.69 | |||
| Native | 28 (42) | 29 (45) | 58 (43) | |
| Dentures | 5 (7) | 4 (4) | 9 (7) | |
| None | 33 (49) | 18 (51) | 65 (49) | |
| Implants | 1 (2) | 0 | 1 (1) | |
| Trismus | 0.008 | |||
| None | 60 (88) | 29 (64) | 102 (81) | |
| Moderate | 6 (9) | 10 (22) | 16 (13) | |
| Severe | 2 (3) | 6 (14) | 8 (6) |
G-tube, gastrostomy tube.