Research Article
Radiofrequency Coblation-Assisted Transoral Surgery for the Treatment of Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Comparative Study with Open Surgery
Table 1
The baseline patient characteristics and comparison between the RFC-TOS and open surgery groups.
| | RFC-TOS (n = 31) | Open surgery (n = 38) | value |
| Gender | Male | 24 (77.4%) | 29 (76.3%) | 0.91 | Female | 7 (22.6%) | 9 (23.7%) | Age | 56.3 ± 7.9 | 58.2 ± 10.6 | 0.41 | Tumor site | Tonsil/lateral wall | 20 (64.5%) | 22 (57.9%) | 0.74 | Soft palate | 5 (16.1%) | 9 (23.7%) | Base of tongue | 6 (19.4%) | 7 (18.4%) | T stage | T1 | 8 (25.8%) | 8 (21.1%) | 0.63 | T2 | 21 (67.7%) | 25 (65.8%) | T3 | 2 (6.5%) | 5 (13.2%) | N stage | N0 | 22 (70.9%) | 28 (73.7%) | 0.80 | N+ | 3 (9.7%) | 10 (26.3%) | Clinical stage | I-II stage | 20 (64.5%) | 23 (60.5%) | 0.74 | III-IV stage | 11 (35.5%) | 15 (39.5%) | Differentiation | High | 15 (48.4%) | 15 (39.5%) | 0.76 | Moderate | 12 (38.7%) | 17 (44.7%) | Poor | 4 (12.9%) | 6 (15.8%) | p16 result | p16+ | 18 (58.1%) | 21 (55.3%) | 0.82 | p16− | 13 (41.9%) | 17 (44.7%) | Radiotherapy | Yes | 13 (41.9%) | 15 (39.5%) | 0.84 | No | 18 (58.1%) | 23 (60.5%) |
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