From: Clinical observation of submandibular gland transfer for the prevention of xerostomia after radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a prospective randomized controlled study of 32 cases
Degree of xerostomia
Experimental group
Control group
Z-value
P - value
None (G1)
7 (21.9%)
0 (0.0%)
4.428
0.000
Mild (G2)
13 (40.6%)
2 (6.1%)
Moderate (G3)
8 (25.0%)
18 (54.5%)
Severe (G4)
4 (12.5%)
13 (39.4%)