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Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg Oncol. 2013 Jan 22;20(6):2049–2055. doi: 10.1245/s10434-012-2856-7

TABLE 3.

Review of previous findings

Article	Year	Data collection	n	Complication rate (%)	Predictors of wound complications	Not associated with wound complications
Current Study	2012	Prospective	281	14	BMI >30	Age
					DM	Gender
					Extent of dissection	Smoker
Chang et al.²	2010	Prospective	53	77	BMI >30	DM
						Extent of dissection
						Age
						Smoker
						Stage disease
Poos et al.¹³	2009	Retrospective	139	50	BMI >25	Gender
					Age > 55 years	Smoker
					No hip immobilizer splint	Staff vs. fellow
						Operative time
						Indication
Sabel et al.¹⁴	2007	Retrospective	212	19 (major)	BMI	Age
					Indication	Sex
						Number of LN removed
Serpell et al.⁴	2003	Prospective	27	71	Size of largest LN	–
Hughes et al.⁹	2000	Retrospective	132	49	–	Extent of dissection utilizing 2 incisions
Beitsch and Balch¹¹	1992	Retrospective	168	51	Obesity	Depth of dissection
					Age > 50 years	Clinical stage
					Male	Prophylactic antibiotics
					Smoker	Nutritional status
					Clinically positive LNs	History of LE perfusion
						Number and duration of drains
						Synchronous surgery
Coit et al.³	1991	Prospective	42	64	–	Perioperative antibiotic use

BMI body mass index, DM diabetes mellitus, LN lymph node, LE lower extremity