Table 2 Surgery and its related complications

From: Ten-year follow-up results of a randomised controlled study comparing level-I vs level-III axillary lymph node dissection for primary breast cancer

 

Group-A (level-III)

Group-B (level-I)

Statistics

Operation time (min)

77.0±14.2

60.5±9.8

P<0.0001

 Bleeding (ml)

62.1±39.6

48.1±29.2

P<0.0001

 Number of removed LNs

18.7±5.5

14.8±4.6

P<0.0001

Postsurgical complication

   

 Arm oedema

15 (5.8%)

14 (5.5%)

NS

 Shoulder disturbance

22 (8.5%)

21 (8.2%)

NS

  1. LN=lymph node; NS, no significant differences.
  2. Values indicate mean±s.d.
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