Table 3.
Axillary surgery complications in patients with primary breast cancer (n = 48) who underwent sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) and were followed-up for 12 months.
| Surgical complications | SLNB |
|
|---|---|---|
| 6 months | 12 months | |
| Pain of upper limb | ||
| None | 43 | 46 |
| Intermittent | 5 | 2 |
| Persistent | 0 | 0 |
| Numbness of upper limb | ||
| No | 46 | 48 |
| Yes | 2 | 0 |
| Limited abduction of shoulder joint | ||
| <5% | 48 | 48 |
| 5–10% | 0 | 0 |
| >10% | 0 | 0 |
| Appearance of axillary wound | ||
| Good | 48 | 48 |
| Poor | 0 | 0 |
| Oedema of upper limb | ||
| <1 cm | 2 | 1 |
| 1–2 cm | 1 | 0 |
| >2 cm | 0 | 0 |
Data presented as n of patients.