highly significantp < 0.01
Results were deemed significant if p < 0.05, and highly significant If p < 0.01.
Results were deemed significant if p < 0.05, and highly significant If p < 0.01.
Patients who underwent free-flap reconstructions were consistently more likely to require a PEG-tube at 0, 6, 12, and 60 months of clinical follow-up, however, these results did not reach statistical significance (p > 0.05).