Salvage transoral laser microsurgery for early local recurrence of glottic squamous cell cancer

Table 4 Comparison of Domains in EORTC QLQ-H&N35 Affected by different surgical methods

Symptom scales/items	TLM (n = 53)		OPL (n = 35)		P value
Symptom scales/items	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	P value
Pain	3.46	8.40	7.86	11.78	0.024*
Swallowing	2.04	8.48	6.67	9.86	0.001*
Senses problems	5.35	12.13	14.29	21.82	0.051
Speech problems	22.64	18.1	32.7	20.51	0.022*
Trouble with social eating	1.89	5.07	7.86	7.27	0.001*
Trouble with social contact	3.4	6.62	4.38	6.85	0.418
Less sexuality	16.98	19.74	24.29	24.37	0.165
Teeth	11.32	17.23	17.14	27.26	0.552
Opening mouth	1.89	7.78	5.71	12.75	0.084
Dry mouth	15.72	22.27	13.33	20.13	0.634
Sticky saliva	11.95	21.77	12.38	22.99	0.974
Coughing	14.47	21.19	17.14	24.75	0.716
Felt ill	13.84	23.05	26.67	36.87	0.151
Nutritional supplements	3.77	19.24	11.43	32.28	0.166
Weight loss	9.43	29.51	14.29	35.5	0.485
Weight gain	16.98	37.91	11.43	32.28	0.475

TLM Transoral laser microsurgery, OPL Open partial laryngectomy
*These figures indicate statistical significance. The P values for differences were tested with the Mann Whitney U test

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