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Table 1 Characteristics of five patients in this study

From: Combined application of virtual surgery and 3D printing technology in postoperative reconstruction of head and neck cancers

Cases

1

2

3

4

5

Age (years)/sex

53/F

35/F

50/F

51/M

34/F

Pathology

Sarcoma

CA

ACC

SCC

ACC

Lesions

Neck

Neck

maxilla

mandible

mandible

Previous treatment

ERM + CT

No

RR + RT

No

No

Operative methods

ERPL+ PMMF

RR

ERPL +FND + FF

ERPL +RND + FF + AF

SM + FF

Main Digital Technology

VR

VR

CAD, CAM, VR, RP

3D, CAD, CAM, RP

CAD/CAM

Complications

No

Horner’s syndrome;

postoperative infection

No

No

Appearance

acceptable

acceptable

satisfactory

acceptable

satisfactory

Functional outcomes

 Diet

soft

solid

solid

soft

soft /liquid

 Speech

normal

normal

intelligible

intelligible

intelligible

 Motion of upper limb

Mild limitation

no limitation

no limitation

no limitation

no limitation

Follow-up (months)

19

17

69

51

24

Status

AWD

AND

AND

AND

AND

  1. F female, M male, ACC adenoid cystic carcinoma, SCC squamous cell carcinoma, CA carotid aneurysm, CT chemotherapy, RT radiotherapy, FND functional neck dissection, RND radical neck dissection, RR radical resection, ERPL enlarged resection of primary lesions, MFF myocutaneous free flaps, FF fibula flap, LF Iliac bone flap, PMF pectoralis major flap, AF adjacent flaps, PMMF Pectoralis major muscle flap, ERM extensive radical mastectomy, SM segmental mandibulectomy, VR virtual reality, 3D three dimensional, CAD computer aided design, CAM computer aided manufacturing, RP rapid prototyping, AR augmented reality; Functional outcomes [diet (solid, soft, liquid, or nasogastric tube feeding), speech (normal, intelligible, slurred, or requirement for a tracheostomy), and range of motion of the upper limb (severe limitation, moderate limitation, mild limitation, no limitation)]; AWD alive with disease, AND alive with no disease