Table 2 Surgical characteristics.

From: Feasibility analysis of treating breast cancer patients with breast-conserving surgery via a periareolar incision combined with non-lipolytic suspension-type mastoscopy

Clinical data

SMALND

MALND

P

Intraoperative blood loss (ml)

88.33 ± 16.79

96.76 ± 26.85

0.01

Axilla processing time (min)

43.38 ± 6.27

45.72 ± 4.25

0.02

Average daily axillary drainage (ml)

38.17 ± 5.55

40.771 ± 7.02

0.02

Drain removal time (days)

7.5 ± 1.6

9.0 ± 1.8

0.02

Number of lymph node dissection

15.98 ± 4.11

15.00 ± 3.28

0.14

Treatment of lymph nodes n (%)

 SLNB

10

8

0.72

 ALND

54

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