Table 1.
Characteristics of the 150 patients treated with OSS or TSS.
| Surgical procedure |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | OSS | TSS | Total | p |
| Sex | 0.55b | |||
| Male | 51 (49.0)a | 25 (54.3) | 76 (50.7) | |
| Female | 53 (51.0) | 21 (45.7) | 74 (49.3) | |
| Age | 0.63b | |||
| Median (IR), years | 83 (43–97) | 83 (57–98) | 83 (43–98) | |
| Tumor type | 0.98b | |||
| BCC | 59 (56.7) | 26 (56.5) | 85 (56.7) | |
| SCC | 45 (43.3) | 20 (43.5) | 65 (43.3) | |
| Tumor diameter | 0.03 c | |||
| Median (IR), mm | 11 (7–18) | 16 (12.8–24.3) | 13 (8–20) | |
| Excisional margin | 0.03 c | |||
| Median (IR), mm | 2 (2–3.75) | 4 (3–6) | 3 (2–5) | |
| Vertical defect location | 0.32b | |||
| Within adipose | 81 (77.9) | 39 (84.8) | 120 (80.0) | |
| Below adipose | 23 (22.1) | 7 (15.2) | 30 (20.0) | |
| Anatomical site | 0.15b | |||
| Mask area | 67 (64.4) | 35 (76.1) | 104 (69.3) | |
| Others | 37 (35.6) | 11 (23.9) | 46 (30.7) | |
OSS, one-step surgery; TSS, two-step surgery; IR, interquartile range; BCC, basal cell carcinoma; SCC, squamous cell carcinoma. p < 0.05.
a
n (%).
b
χ2 test.
c
Student’s t-test.
Value with p < 0.05 were bold.