Table 1 Characteristics of patients with sialolithiasis originating in the submandibular gland (n = 465)
Features | Number (%) |
|---|---|
Sex | |
Male | 238 (51.2) |
Female | 227 (48.8) |
Alcohol | |
Nondrinker | 292 (62.8) |
Drinker | 124 (26.7) |
No response | 49 (10.5) |
Smoking | |
Nonsmoker | 290 (62.4) |
Smoker | 132 (28.4) |
No response | 43 (9.2) |
Anesthesia | |
General | 282 (60.6) |
Local | 183 (39.4) |
Stone numbers | |
Single | 359 (77.2) |
Multiple | 106 (22.8) |
Complications | |
No | 452 (97.2) |
Yes | 13 (2.8) |
Remained stone | 2 (0.4) |
Tongue numbness | 11 (2.4) |