Table 2 Characteristics of the surgical specimens.
Variables | N (%) |
|---|---|
Margin status, frozen section | |
Negative | 73 (82.0) |
Positive | 16 (18.0) |
Margin status, permanent section | |
Negative | 83 (93.3) |
Positive | 6 (6.7) |
Operation time (min) | |
Mean ± SD | 78 ± 19 |
SLNB only-median | 75 |
SLNB only-range | 44–167 |
ALND-median | 89 |
ALND-range | 71–114 |
Nearest margin (cm) | |
Mean ± SD | 0.8 ± 0.5 |
Median | 0.7 |
Range | 0.1–2.0 |
Tumor diameter (cm) | |
Mean ± SD | 1.7 ± 1.0 |
Median | 1.5 |
Range | 0.2–6.5 |
Specimen diameter (cm) | |
Mean ± SD | 5.7 ± 1.9 |
Median | 5.3 |
Range | 3.0–12.0 |
Tumor-to-margin distance (cm) | |
Mean ± SD | 1.5 ± 1.0 |
Median | 1.5 |
Range | 0.1–7.0 |
