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Table 2 Surgical and post-operative complications in 2 groups of patients

From: Comparison of single-pore non-liposuction near-infrared laparoscopy with conventional open surgery for axillary sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with early breast cancer: a single-center, small-sample retrospective study

 

Open group

Endoscopic group

t/χ2 value

P value

Operation times (min)

30.29 ± 6.15

35.36 ± 3.41

3.963

0.000

Volume of intraoperative bleeding (ml)

5.63 ± 3.78

5.46 ± 2.31

0.211

0.834

Volume of axillary total drainage (ml)

255.62 ± 8.28

248.53 ± 9.92

3.035

0.004

Axillary extubation times (days)

5.16 ± 1.95

4.98 ± 1.72

0.382

0.704

Postoperative complications (n/%)

 Poorly incision healing

2 (6.45)

1 (3.33)

0.317a

0.573a

 Limited of the upper extremity function

0 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

1.000b

 Edema of the upper extremities

0 (0.00)

1 (3.33)

0.492b

  1. aThe Yates’ continuous correction χ2 test
  2. bThe Fisher exact probability method