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Table 3 postoperative complications

From: Long term results of postoperative Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) in the treatment of Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC) located in the oropharynx or oral cavity

postoperative complications

number

percent

local

  

 dysphagia requiring feeding tube

13

17

 bleeding

4

5

 wound healing disturbance/flap necrosis

3

4

 horner’s syndrome

1

1

systemic

  

 MI

4

5

 DVT

2

3

 pulmonary embolism

1

1

 tachyarrhythmia

1

1

 hypertensive crisis

1

1

 pseudomembraneous colitis

1

1

 pneumonia

1

1

 delirium

1

1

surgical revisions

5

7

  1. n number, %: percentage, MI myocardial infarction, DVT deep vein thrombosis, some patients had more than one postoperative complication