Table 1.
Case series and outcomes (Modified bolster with continuous suction)
| Case No. | Gender/Age | Primary site | Pathology | pT | Size of defect (cm) |
Type of skin graft | Duration of continuous suction (day) |
Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | F/ 57 | FOM | MEC | pT2 | 3.5 × 2 | FTSG | 6 | S |
| 2 | M/ 49 | Tongue | SCC | pT1 | 5 × 3.5 | FTSG | 4 | PS |
| 3 | M/ 53 | FOM | SCC | pT1 | 7 × 3a | FTSG | 3 | F |
| 4 | M/ 62 | FOM | SCC | pT1 | 4 × 2 | FTSG | 4 | S |
| 5 | M/ 53 | FOM | SCC | pT1 | 4.5 × 2.5 | STSG | 6 | S |
| 6 | M/ 43 | Tongue | SCC | pT1 | 3.5 × 3 | FTSG | 10 | S |
| 7 | M/ 79 | Tongue | SCC | pT1 | 7 × 4a | STSG | 7 | S |
| 8 | M/ 59 | FOM | SCC | pT1 | 5 × 4 | STSG | 7 | S |
| 9 | M/ 56 | FOM | SCC | pT1 | 5 × 4 | STSG | 4 | S |
| 10 | M/ 74 | Buccal | SCC | pT1 | 4.5 × 3.5 | STSG | 4 | PS |
FOM Floor of the mouth, MEC Mucoepidermoid carcinoma (intermediate grade), SCC Squamous cell carcinoma, FTSG Full thickness skin graft, STSG Split thickness skin graft (thickness 12/1000 in), S Successful engraftment of skin graft, PS Partially successful engraftment of skin graft and partial necrosis (less than 1/3), F Failure and necrosis of skin graft
aWide resection including tumor and mucosal dysplasia area