Table 1 Clinical characteristics and treatments of the 200 patients in the study
From: Morbidity after conventional dissection of axillary lymph nodes in breast cancer patients
Characteristic | Number of patients (%) |
|---|---|
Age (years) | |
Mean age | 53 ± 11 |
<50 | 75 (37.5) |
≥50 | 125 (62.5) |
Dominant arm | |
Right | 188 (94) |
Left | 12 (6) |
Surgery - evaluation interval | |
Mean time (months) | 35 ± 18 |
<36 | 112 (56) |
≥36 | 88 (44) |
Radiation therapy | |
Yes | 190 (95) |
No | 10 (5) |
Chemotherapy | |
Yes | 192 (96) |
No | 8 (4) |
Surgery | |
Mastectomy | 35 (17.5) |
Conservative surgery | 165 (82.5) |
Dissected axilla | |
Right | 94 (47) |
Left | 106 (53) |
Surgery in the dominant arm | |
Yes | 94 (47) |
No | 106 (53) |
Incision for axillary dissection | |
The same as the breast’s | 122 (61) |
Separate | 78 (39) |
Status of lymph nodes | |
At least one metastatic | 103 (51.5) |
Absence of metastases | 97 (48.5) |
Lymph nodes with metastases (103) | |
Mean positive lymph nodes | 5 ± 5 |
<5 | 63 (61.1) |
≥5 | 40 (38.8) |
Dissected lymph nodes | |
Mean dissected lymph nodes | 14 ± 4 |
<10 | 35 (17.5) |
≥10 | 165 (82.5) |
Postoperative seroma | |
Yes | 20 (10) |
No | 180 (90) |
Postoperative hematoma | |
Yes | 10 (5) |
No | 190 (95) |
Postoperative infection | |
Yes | 9 (4.5) |
No | 191 (95.5) |