Table 2 Surgical characteristics

Intraoperative blood loss, ml, mean±SD

165.3±44.1

201.4±52.7

0.001

Operation time, min, mean±SD

220.5±23.9

155.6±9.2

<0.001

Number of sentinel lymph nodes, mean±SD

5.87±1.04

7.16±2.04

<0.001

Treatment of lymph nodes, n (%)

0.463

 SLNB

21 (70.0)

44 (77.2)

 ALND

9 (30.0)

13 (22.8)

Average daily subcutaneous drainage, ml, mean±SD

15.5±2.3

19.3±3.5

<0.001

Average daily axillary drainage, ml, mean±SD

20.2±3.6

24.1±3.0

<0.001

Subcutaneous extubation time, days, mean±SD

6.2±1.1

9.0±1.8

<0.001

Axillary extubation time, days, mean±SD

7.5±1.6

9.0±1.8

<0.001

Average discharge time, days, mean±SD

7.5±1.6

9.0±1.8

<0.001