Clinical factors
|
Barbed suture group
(n = 27)
|
Interrupt suture group (n =13)
|
p-value
|
Age (years, mean ± SD) |
56.3 ± 14.6 |
60.3 ± 15.7 |
0.376 |
Sex (M:F, n, %) |
19:8 (70.4:29.6) |
8:5 (61.5:38.5) |
0.722 |
Primary vs. Salvage (n, %) |
24:3 (88.9:11.1) |
11:2 (84.6:15.4) |
0.702 |
Tumor location (n, %) |
|
|
|
Tongue / RMT/ FOM / Buccal
|
20 / 2 / 2 / 3
(74.1 / 7.4 / 7.4 / 11.1)
|
9 / 0 / 2 / 2
(69.2 / 0 / 15.4 / 15.4)
|
0.450
|
Surgery (n, %) |
|
|
|
Partial glossectomy
|
18 (66.7)
|
9 (69.2)
|
|
Hemiglossectomy
|
3 (11.1)
|
1 (7.7)
|
0.741
|
Subtotal glossectomy
|
1 (3.7)
|
1 (7.7)
|
|
Buccal resection
|
3(11.1)
|
2 (15.4)
|
|
RMT resection
|
2 (7.4)
|
0 (0)
|
|
Suture site (n, %) |
|
|
|
Oral cavity (tongue ± FOM)
|
18 (66.7)
|
7 (53.8)
|
|
Oral cavity + BOT
|
5 (18.5)
|
4 (30.8)
|
0.710
|
Buccal or RMT
|
4 (14.8)
|
2 (15.4)
|
|
T stage (n, %)
1:2:3:4
|
13:9:2:1 (48.1:33.3:7.4:11.1)
|
6:3:3:1
(46.2:23.1:23.1:7.7)
|
0.544
|
Defect size (long, cm, mean ± SD) |
7.5 ± 2.3 |
4.9 ± 1.9 |
0.391 |
Defect size (short, cm, mean ± SD) |
6.9 ± 2.9 |
5.4 ± 1.8 |
0.252 |
Primary vs. Salvage |
24:3 (88.9:11.1) |
11:2 (84.6:15.4) |
0.531 |
Reconstruction |
|
|
|
Primary
|
13 (48.1)
|
7 (53.8)
|
|
Regional flap
|
4 (14.8)
|
2 (15.4)
|
0.903
|
Free flap
|
10 (37.0)
|
4 (30.8)
|
|