Table 3 Relationships between paresthesia and the other variables
From: Morbidity after conventional dissection of axillary lymph nodes in breast cancer patients
Patient subgroups | Paresthesia | P valuea | |
|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | ||
Mean age (years) | 58 ± 11 | 49 ± 10 | <0.0001 |
Surgery -evaluation interval (months) | 34 ± 18 | 36 ± 18 | 0.32 |
Surgery | 1 | ||
Mastectomy | 19 (17.9) | 16 (17) | |
Conservative surgery | 87 (82.1) | 78 (83) | |
ALND incision | 0.56 | ||
The same as the breast’s | 67 (63.2) | 55 (58.5) | |
Separate | 39 (36.8) | 39 (41.5) | |
Surgery in the dominant arm | 1 | ||
Yes | 50 (47.2) | 44 (46.8) | |
No | 56 (52.8) | 50 (53.2) | |
Axilla status | 0.25 | ||
Positive | 59 (55.7) | 44 (46.8) | |
Negative | 47 (44.3) | 50 (53.2) | |
Positive axilla (103): number of positive lymph nodes | 3 ± 5 | 4 ± 5 | 0.17 |
Dissected lymph nodes | 15 ± 4 | 13 ± 4 | 0.002 |
Postoperative seroma | 0.63 | ||
Yes | 12 (11.3) | 8 (8.5) | |
No | 94 (88.7) | 86 (91.5) | |