Table 1.

Frequency of axillary web syndrome based on type of axillary surgery

First author, year [ref.] (participants, n)	ALND frequency, %	SLNB frequency, %
Leidenius, 2003 [13] (n = 85)	72	10
Bergmann, 2012 [8] (n = 193)	36	11.7
O’Toole, 2013 [6] (n = 308)	54	27
Wernicke, 2013 [15] (n = 226)	5.2	0.9
Koehler, 2015 [9] (n = 36)	71	41

ALND = Axillary lymph node dissection; SLNB = sentinel lymph node biopsy.