Table II.
Tumour-defect characteristics.
| N = 93 | Pedicled Flap reconstruction (n = 64) |
Free Flap reconstruction (n = 29) |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tumour Status: | 0.005† | ||
| First primary (n = 54) |
30 (47%) | 24 (83%) | |
| Recurrence (n = 27) | 23 (36%) | 4 (14%) | |
| Second primary (n = 13) |
11 (17%) | 1 (3%) | |
| Tissue Defect: | 0.045† | ||
| Soft Tissue (n = 56) | 39 (61%) | 17 (59%) | |
| Bony + Soft Tissue (n = 17) |
8 (12%) | 9 (31%) | |
| Soft Tissue + marginal (n = 20) |
17 (27%) | 3 (10%) | |
| pT-stage (grouping): | 0.262† | ||
| T1-T2 (n = 21) | 15 (23%) | 6 (21%) | |
| T3 (n = 19) | 10 (16%) | 9 (31%) | |
| T4 (n = 26) | 16 (25%) | 10 (35%) | |
| rT1-rT2 (n = 8) | 7 (11%) | 1 (3%) | |
| rT3 (n = 5) | 4 (6%) | 1 (3%) | |
| rT4 (n = 14) | 12 (19%) | 2 (7%) | |
| pN-stage (grouping): | 0.075† | ||
| N0 (n = 28) | 20 (31%) | 8 (28%) | |
| N+ (n = 38) | 21 (33%) | 17 (58%) | |
| rN0 (n = 17) | 15 (23%) | 2 (7%) | |
| rN+ (n = 10) | 8 (13%) | 2 (7%) | |
| Adjuvant therapy: | < 0.070 † | ||
| None (n = 35) | 29 (45%) | 6 (21%) | |
| RT (n = 32) | 20 (31%) | 12 (41%) | |
| CT+RT (n = 26) | 15 (24%) | 11 (38%) | |
| Present (n = 31) | 19 (37%) | 12 (41%) |
*
Student's t-test
†
χ2-test. Bold script indicates significant values.