Table 2.

Demographics of the included cases.

	Bhrany et al. [20]	de Pablo et al. [21]	Mardini et al. [22]
n	11	28	7
Male/female ratio	NS	26/2	6/1
Tumor localization	5 tonsil 6 palate	• 19 buccal mucosa • 3 alveolar ridge • 2 retromolar trigonum • 2 lip • 2 soft palate • 1 tongue	• 4 buccal mucosa • 2 buccal mucosa and maxillary bone 1 maxillary bone
Primary resection	5	28	7
Maxillectomy	3	15a	3a
Mandibulectomy	-	19a	-
Buccal mucosa resection	-	26a	6a
Tonsillectomy	2	-	-
Cheek through and through defect	-	2a	-
Free flaps harvested	2	28	7
Osteocutaneous	-	3	1
Fasciocutaneous	2	25	6
Radiotherapy (yes/no)	11	28	5
Chemotherapy (yes/no)	NS	18	NS
Time after primary treatment (m)	7–15	6–91	7–37
Mean FU after release (m)	12	38	31
Minimal FU (m)	12	12	7

^acombination of multiple defects described. n, number of cases; NS, not specified; m, months; FU, follow-up.