Table 1 Patients characteristics and treatment categories: Treatment categories are divided into salvage and palliative procedures, procedures to improve function, closure of a fistula, and management of a radiation induced wound healing complication.

1

OC (T2N0M0) 98, Hypopharynx-/Larynx(T4N2cM0) 10/06, Hypoharynx-/Larynx recurrence 11/07

male

salvage

2

OC 97, Hypopharynx (T2N1M0) 04, hypopharynx recurrence 9/07

male

fistula

3

oropharynx (T3N2bM0) 03/07, oropharynx recurrence 12/07

male

salvage

4

OC (T2N1M0) 02/06, oropharynx 03/07

male

salvage

5

Ear SSC 04/04 (T1N3M0), SCC recurrence with involvement of temporal bone, parotid gland 12/05

male

palliative

6

SCC temple region (T4N0M0) 08/06, recurrence 11/07

male

palliative

7

Ear basosquamous CC (T4N0M0) 01/01, recurrence with cerebral infiltration 03/06

male

palliative

8

Larynx-SCC (T4N0M0) 97, regional recurrence 06

male

palliative

9

Hypopharynx-SCC (T3N1M0) 02/94

male

functional

10

CUP-Syndrom (T0N2bM0) 85, Oropharynx SCC (T4N0M0) 11/04

male

salvage

11

CUP-Syndrom (T0N2bM0) 85, Oropharynx SCC (T4N0M0) 11/04, Larynx SCC (T4N0M0) 12/07

male

salvage

12

Oropharynx SCC (T3N0M0) 11/04, Hypopharynx SCC (T4N0M0) 08/06, Rektumkarzinom (T3N2M1) 09/07

female

salvage

13

Hypopharynx SCC (T1N2M0) 07/06

female

functional

14

Larynx SCC (T4N2M0) 06/07

male

postradiation wound healing complication

15

Nose SCC 05/08 (T2N0M0), recurrence (T4N0M0) 01/09, recurrence (T4N0M0) 07/09

male

salvage

16

Oropharynx SCC (T2N2BM0) 05/09

male

functional

17

Larynx SCC (T3N1M0) 07/03

male

functional

18

CUP-Syndrom (T0N2bM0) 07/04, OC-SCC (T3N0M0)

male

salvage

19

ACC parotid (T3N0M0) 01/07, recurrence 01/08, recurrence 03/08, recurrence 10/08, recurrence 02/09, recurrence 06/09, recurrence 09/09, recurrence 12/09

female

salvage

20

OC-SCC (T1N0M0) 09/08, regional recurrence 04/09, regional recurrence 09/09

female

salvage

21

Oropharynx-SCC (T2N0M0) 04/09

male

functional