Table 3. Means (s.d.) of the EORTC QLQ-BR23 scale scores and Karnofsky performance status.

	ALND	SLNB	P-value
Before surgery (t1)
Body image	89.9 (18.3)	83.2 (23.7)	0.39
Sexual functioning	30.9 (31.9)	28.7 (27.7)	0.69
Sexual enjoyment	61.5 (38.1)	52.3 (32.5)	0.95
Future perspective	38.8 (33.9)	31.8 (39.5)	0.56
Arm symptoms	8.3 (14.4)	19.5 (25.2)	0.07
KPS	98.2 (4.6)	99.1 (2.8)	0.10
9–12 months after surgery (t3)
Body image	87.9 (15.8)	92.0 (13.6)	0.45
Sexual functioning	33.4 (33.4)	35.1 (24.8)	0.45
Sexual enjoyment	63.9 (26.4)	66.7 (23.5)	0.20
Future perspective	56.7 (32.9)	54.5 (34.9)	0.18
Arm symptoms	21.2 (22.8)	14.0 (18.4)	0.26
KPS	96.1 (18.1)	99.5 (2.0)	0.21