Table 1 Demographics of patients with negative and positive bone margins on final surgical pathology
Negative bone margins | Positive bone margins | |
|---|---|---|
Number of patients | 62 | 5 |
Age, mean (range) | 62.7 (36–88) | 75.6 (67–83) |
Sex, no. (%) | ||
M | 40 (65) | 4 (80) |
F | 22 (35) | 1 (20) |
Node status | ||
0 | 27 | 0 |
1 | 9 | 1 |
2a | 1 | 0 |
2b | 14 | 0 |
2c | 6 | 3 |
3 | 1 | 0 |
Not assessed | 1 | 0 |
Not reported | 3 | 1 |
Recurrence from previous head and neck cancer | 8 | 2 |
Final soft tissue margins positive | 6 | 1 |
Bone resected | ||
Segmental mandibulectomy | 33 | 2 |
Marginal mandibulectomy | 5 | 1 |
Partial maxillectomy | 6 | 1 |
Infrastructure maxillectomy | 2 | 0 |
Segmental mandibulectomy + partial maxillectomy | 5 | 0 |
Marginal mandibulectomy + partial maxillectomy | 2 | 0 |
Hyoid | 4 | 0 |
Segmental mandibulectomy + styloid process | 1 | 0 |
Partial maxillectomy + pterygoid plate | 1 | 0 |
Partial maxillectomy + nasal bone | 1 | 0 |
Partial maxillectomy + ethmoid bone + sphenoid bone + orbit | 0 | 1 |
Segmental mandibulectomy + hyoid | 1 | 0 |
Radical maxillectomy + frontal bone + sphenoid bone | 1 | 0 |