Regional Failures after Selective Neck Dissection in Previously Untreated Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Oral Cavity

Table 5

Regional failures in clinically node negative and node positive neck.

	Node negative		Node positive		Total
	𝑁=14		𝑁=8
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Tumor size
T1	5	36	2	33	7
T2	6	43	4	43	10
T3	3	21	0	8	3
T4	0	0	2	16	2
Site
Ipsilateral	11	80	7	86	18
Contralateral	3	20	1	14	4
Primary
Tongue	10	72	6	75	16
Lower alveolus	1	7	1	12.5	2
Buccal mucosa	2	14	1	12.5	3
Upper alveolus	1	7	0	0	1
Extracapsular
Present	2	50	1	33	3