Table 2.
Surgical and postoperative course.
| Group 1 |
Group 2 |
P | |
|---|---|---|---|
| n = 92 (%) | n = 98 (%) | ||
| Surgical course | |||
|
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| Prophylactic antibiotic treatment | 66 (72) | 80 (82) | 0.1 |
| Operation duration med (min–max) | 60 (20–220) | 80 (20–220) | 0.0003 |
| NNIS score | |||
| 0 | 66 (88) | 59 (74) | |
| 1 | 9 (12) | 20 (25) | 0.07 |
| 2 | 0 | 1 (1) | |
| Postoperative anticoagulation | 64 (74) | 81 (83) | 0.13 |
| Breast drainage | 36 (39) | 34 (35) | 0.5 |
| Axillary drainage | 39 (42) | 35 (36) | 0.3 |
| Compressive bandage | 18 (20) | 29 (30) | 0.1 |
| Breast drainage duration | 3 (1–6) | 3.5 (1–8) | 0.3 |
| Axillary drainage duration (days) med (range) | 5 (1–9) | 5 (2–7) | 0.5 |
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| Postoperative course | |||
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| |||
| All complications | 27 (29) | 26 (28) | 0.8 |
| Hematoma | 4 (4) | 8 (8) | 0.3 |
| Seroma | 17 (18) | 18 (19) | 0.9 |
| Suture material-relatedcomplications | 12 (13) | 8 (8) | 0.3 |
| Surgical site infections | 10 (11) | 6 (6) | 0.2 |
| Fever | 3 (3) | 2 (2) | 0.6 |
| Superficial infection | 2 (2) | 3 (3) | 0.7 |
| Deep infection | 4 (4) | 2 (2) | 0.4 |
| Discharge | 6 (6) | 3 (3) | 0.3 |
| Cutaneous complications | 7 (8) | 3 (3) | 0.2 |
| Wound dehiscence | 2 (2) | 0 | 0.14 |
| Necroses | 0 | 0 | |
| Wound healing delay | 5 (5) | 2 (2) | 0.2 |
| Allergy | 0 | 1 (1) | 0.3 |
| Axillary bridle | 1 (1) | 0 | 0.3 |