Materials and Methods
Patients with head and neck sarcomas who were operated at XXX
University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Otorhinolaryngology
between 2007 to 2016 were retrospectively evaluated in this study. Local
ethics committee approval was obtained for this study. The
multidisciplinary head and neck team routinely followed all patients;
initially 1 month post-operatively and then 3-monthly intervals with
computed tomography/Magnetic resonance imaging (CT/MRI), for 5 years or
until death. Medical files of patients were evaluated. Demographic
features of the patients, histopathologic subtypes, immunohistochemical
markers, locations of the tumor, type of surgery, margins of the
specimens, type of reconstructive surgery, type of adjuvant treatment
were reviewed, Additionally surgical complications, local/regional and
distant recurrence patterns and overall survival times were noted.