Predicting complications of major head and neck oncological surgery: an evaluation of the ACS NSQIP surgical risk calculator

Table 3 Brier Score, ROC AUC, and demographic information by procedure type

Procedure	N	Brier Score^*,†	ROC^a,†	% T4a	Radiated Patients	CPT Code(s)
Hemiglossectomy with Free Flap	4	0.0032	N/A	25%	0	41,135
Partial Glossectomy	12	0.0015	N/A	0%	0	41,120
Laryngectomy	5	0.0954	0.956	100%	3	31,365
Laryngopharyngectomy with Free Flap	16	0.0732	0.842	81%	2	31,395
Composite Resection with Free Flap	39	0.0807	0.842	30%	4	41,153 & 41,155
Thyroidectomy Overall	30	0.0241	0.817	7%	0	60,252 & 60,240
Thyroidectomy with neck dissection	21	0.0229	0.816	7%	0	60,252
Thyroidectomy without neck dissection	9	0.0273	0.845	0%	0	60,240

*Brier scores of < 0.09 and ROC > 0.7 (bold values) were considered accurate
^aN/A indicates no ROC score could be calculated due to the absence of complications
^†Bold values meet or exceed their respective accuracy thresholds

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