Table II.

Patient demographics, group B (conventional suture).

N	Sex	Age (years)	Comorbidities	SGA	TNM	Pre-treatment	Type of reconstruction	Intraoperative length (minutes)	Length of hospitalisation (days)	No. of stitches
1	M	75	None	C	cT2N0	None	RFFF	540	13	15
2	M	42	None	A	cT2N2c	None	RFFF	540	13	17
3	F	73	None	B	cT2N0	None	RFFF	510	14	14
4	M	76	None	C	cT2N0	None	RFFF	600	16	14
5	M	58	None	B	cT3N0	None	ALT	510	19	18
6	F	66	None	B	rT3N1	RT	ALT	450	20	21
7	M	58	DM	B	cT2N2c	None	ALT	510	22	17
8	F	62	None	B	cT2N0	None	ALT	420	17	15
9	F	51	None	B	cT4aN0	None	RFFF	420	17	14
10	M	56	None	B	cT3N2b	None	RFFF	540	21	15
11	M	48	None	A	cT2N0	None	RFFF	500	13	15
12	F	47	None	A	rT2N0	RT	RFFF	480	12	13
13	M	60	DM	B	cT4aN2c	None	ALT	555	21	17
14	M	65	None	C	cT2N2b	None	RFFF	490	16	15
15	M	61	None	B	rT4aN2b	RT	ALT	705	18	18
16	F	43	None	A	cT1N2b	None	RFFF	600	15	14
17	M	49	None	A	cT2N0	None	RFFF	465	21	15
18	F	65	DM	C	cT4aN0	None	ALT	465	21	21
19	M	52	None	B	cT3N1	None	ALT	555	17	15
20	M	21	None	A	cT2N1	None	RFFF	480	11	16

DM: diabetes mellitus; SGA: subjective global assessment; RT: radiotherapy; RFFF: radial forearm free flap; ALT: anterolateral tight flap.