Table 3.
Relationships between paresthesia and the other variables
|
Patient subgroups |
Paresthesia |
P
value
a
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | ||
| Mean age (years) |
58 ± 11 |
49 ± 10 |
<0.0001 |
| Surgery -evaluation interval (months) |
34 ± 18 |
36 ± 18 |
0.32 |
| Surgery |
|
|
1 |
| Mastectomy |
19 (17.9) |
16 (17) |
|
| Conservative surgery |
87 (82.1) |
78 (83) |
|
| ALND incision |
|
|
0.56 |
| The same as the breast’s |
67 (63.2) |
55 (58.5) |
|
| Separate |
39 (36.8) |
39 (41.5) |
|
| Surgery in the dominant arm |
|
|
1 |
| Yes |
50 (47.2) |
44 (46.8) |
|
| No |
56 (52.8) |
50 (53.2) |
|
| Axilla status |
|
|
0.25 |
| Positive |
59 (55.7) |
44 (46.8) |
|
| Negative |
47 (44.3) |
50 (53.2) |
|
| Positive axilla (103): number of positive lymph nodes |
3 ± 5 |
4 ± 5 |
0.17 |
| Dissected lymph nodes |
15 ± 4 |
13 ± 4 |
0.002 |
| Postoperative seroma |
|
|
0.63 |
| Yes |
12 (11.3) |
8 (8.5) |
|
| No | 94 (88.7) | 86 (91.5) | |
aFisher’s exact test for binary nominal variables and the Mann-Whitney test for continuous numeric variables.
ALND: axillary lymph node dissection.