Determinants for further wishes for cosmetic and reconstructive interventions in 1652 patients with surgical treated carcinomas of the oral cavity

Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Table 6 Relation between neck dissection/reconstructions and the wish for CRS (A), felt appearance (B) and felt cicatrisation (C)

Neck dissection (ND) and reconstruction	A	B	C
Suprahyoidal ND	n.s.	0.037	< 0.001
Radical ND	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001
Functional ND	0.008	0.008	0.008
Local tissue	0.017	< 0.001	< 0.001
Pediculated flap	n.s.	0.002	0.002
Microvascular flap	0.004	< 0.001	< 0.001
Bony lower jaw reconstruction	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001