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)
8 (25.0%)
0 (0.0%)
4.896
0.000
Mild (G2)
18 (56.3%)
6 (18.2%)
Moderate (G3)
4 (12.5%)
19 (57.%)
Severe (G4)
2 (6.2%)
8 (24.2%)