Table 1.
Basic characteristics of the included studies
| Authors | Year | Country | Study Design | Age (Mean, yr) |
Sex (M/F) |
Follow-up | Incision type | Incision Site | Type of ND | Sample Size* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Mean, m) | END | CND | |||||||||
| Fan et al. | 2014 | China | RCT | 51.7 | 21/23 | 34 | Minimal | SM | Selective | 23 | 21 |
| Sannikorn et al. | 2015 | Thailand | Retrospective | 53.3 | 47/23 | NR | Hidden | RAFL | Selective | 10 | 60 |
| Fan et al. | 2016 | China | RCT | 53.6 | 38/22 | NR | Minimal | SM | Selective | 31 | 29 |
| Raj et al. | 2016 | India | Retrospective | NR | 47/10 | NR | Minimal | SS | Selective | 36 | 21 |
| Pawar et al. | 2020 | India | Retrospective | 53.1 | 34/7 | NR | Hidden | RAFL | Selective/Radical | 21 | 20 |
| Shah et al. | 2020 | India | Retrospective | 49.4 | 66/6 | 24 | Hidden | RAFL | Selective/Radical | 32 | 48 |
| 153 | 199 | ||||||||||
yr, year; m, month; M, male; F, female; ND, neck dissection; SM, submandibular; RAFL, retroauricular or facelift; SS, suprasternal; NR, not reported
*Number of sides of neck dissection