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Table 1 Clinical and demographic characteristics of the patients (n = 6576)

From: Perioperative mortality of head and neck cancers

Variable

 

Patients numbers (n)

Gender

Male

4015

Female

2561

Age

>60

2703

≤60

3873

Hypertension

Yes

1124

No

4498

NA

954

Diabetes

Yes

483

No

4945

NA

1148

Smoking

Yes

3504

No

2033

NA

1039

Drinking

Yes

2966

No

2713

NA

897

Stage

I-II

2457

III-IV

2870

NA

1249

ASA Class

I-II

2346

III-IV

3773

NA

457

Preoperative radiotherapy

Yes

462

No

5482

NA

632

Previous chemotherapy

Yes

165

No

5567

NA

844

Tumor recurrence

Yes

475

No

5601

NA

500

Neck dissection

Unilateral

557

Bilateral

4648

No

1371

Airway management

Yes

4487

No

1389

NA

700

Operation time (min)

>600

1543

≤600

4681

NA

352

Postoperative infection

Yes

445

No

3267

NA

2864

Operation blood loss (ml)

>600

3011

≤600

2652

NA

913

Free flap repair

Yes

4192

No

1878

NA

506