From: Immediate liposuction could shorten the time for endoscopic axillary lymphadenectomy in breast cancer patients
ILM group
TLM group
Age (years)
56 (33–66)
48 (30–63)
Tumor size (mm)
17 (9–48)
23 (7–43)
Histological type
Invasive ductal carcinoma
27
30
Invasive lobular carcinoma
1
0
Mucinous carcinoma
Lymph node removed
19 (9–51)
17 (11–43)