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Table 2 Intraoperative data of the included patients

From: Intraoperative and postoperative outcomes of Harmonic Focus versus monopolar electrocautery after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast conservative surgery: a comparative study

Variables

HF group (n = 49)

CE group (n = 50)

p

Duration of operation (min), mean ± SD

101.32 ± 27.3

139.3 ± 31.9

0.001

Blood loss (mL), mean ± SD

117.14 ± 35.6

187 ± 49.8

0.001

No. total lymph nodes, mean ± SD

18.24 ± 4.7

17.46 ± 5.9

0.46

No. positive lymph nodes, mean ± SD

3.2 ± 4.4

2.8 ± 4.7

0.69

pTNM, n (%)

I

29 (59.2)

39 (78)

0.168

I

6 (12.2)

5 (10)

 

III

14 (28.6)

6 (12)