Table 3.

Early postoperative outcomes (<30 days)

Variable	Incision		p-value
	Conventional (N=110)	High mini-skin incision (N=41)
30-Day stroke	8 (7.3)	3 (7.3)	1.00
Transient ischemic attack	4 (3.6)	0	0.58
Cranial and cervical nerve injury	20 (18.2)	5 (12.2)	0.38
Hypoglossal nerve	16 (14.5)	4 (9.8)	0.44
Facial nerve and mandibular branches	1 (0.9)	1 (2.4)	0.47
Vagus nerve and its branches	2 (1.8)	0	1.00
Transverse cervical nerve	1 (0.9)	0	1.00
Great auricular nerve	0	0	-
30-Day death	0	0	-

Values are presented as number (%).