Recurrent oropharyngeal cancer: Analysis of surgical treatment outcomes

Table 1 Distribution of patients by sex and age

Age in years	Woman, n = 23	Men, n = 73	Total
30-40	2 (5.3)	9 (8.7)	11
41-50	7 (18.4)	12 (11.7)	19
51-60	10 (26.3)	43 (41.7)	53
61-70	13 (34.2)	35 (34.0)	48
> 70	6 (15.8)	4 (3.9)	10
Мe [25%; 75%]	59.7 ± 2.1 [52.0; 67.0]	56.8 ± 1.9 [52.0; 66.0]	57.6 ± 2.0 [52.0; 66.5]

Data are n (%).

Table 2 Surgical approaches used depending on the volume of soft tissue surgery (resection)

Surgical approach	Transoral laser resection	Median mandibulotomy	Segmental resection	Total
Resection of the lateral wall of the pharynx	1 (3.0)	7 (20.0)	4 (15.4)	12 (17.4)
Resection of the base of the tongue	1 (3.0)	2 (5,7)	0 (0.0)	3 (4.3)
Resection of the lateral wall of the pharynx and soft palate	1 (3.0)	8 (22.9)	1 (3.9)	10 (14.5)
Resection of the base of the tongue and the lateral wall of the pharynx	3 (9.1)	9 (25.7)	13 (50.0)	25 (36.2)
Resection of the root of the tongue, lateral wall of the pharynx and cheek	1 (3.0)	1 (2.9)	4 (15.4)	6 (8.7)
Resection of the lateral wall of the pharynx and hard palate	0 (0.0)	1 (2.9)	0 (0.0)	1 (1.4)
Resection of the base of the tongue, lateral wall of the pharynx, cheeks and soft palate	1 (3.0)	3 (8.6)	1 (3.9)	5 (7.2)
Resection of the base of the tongue, resection of the lateral wall of the pharynx, cheeks, soft palate and hard palate	2 (6.1)	2 (5.7)	3 (11.5)	7 (10.1)
Total	10 (14.5)	33 (47.8)	26 (37.7)	69 (100)

Data are n (%).

Table 3 Predictors of the occurrence of postoperative purulent-necrotic complications

Surgery type	τ Kendall	P value
Operations on the mandible	0.36	< 0.001a
Reconstruction of bone defect	0.30	< 0.001a
“Open” operations	0.30	< 0.001a
Reconstruction of a soft tissue defect	0.28	< 0.001a
Operation volume (total score)	0.26	< 0.001a
Radiation therapy of the primary tumor	0.20	0.005a
Early recurrence tumor	0.19	0.007
Operations on the lymph drainage area	0.14	0.042a

^aReached a statistically significant level.