Table 4.
Reason of readmission associated with the disease, according to time until readmission
| Early readmission, n (%) (N = 76) |
Late readmission, n (%) (N = 87) |
Long-term readmission, n (%) (N = 71) |
p-value1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tumor re-excision | 27 (35.5)a | 26 (29.9)b | 4 (5.6)a,b | < 0.001 |
| Mastectomy and/or lymphadenectomy | 36 (47.4)a | 34 (39.1)b | 3 (4.2)a,b | |
| Due to medical treatment | 5 (6.6) | 15 (17.2) | 4 (5.6) | |
| Due to disease progression | 3 (3.9)a | 8 (9.2)b | 56 (78.9)a,b | |
| Others (including scar dislocation, drain abscess, bleeding) | 5 (6.6) | 4 (4.6) | 4 (5.6) |
Plastic surgery reconstructions were excluded because they differ between hospitals, some reconstruct at the time until the surgical intervention
1 Chi-square test
a,b Values in the same row and subtable sharing the same subscript were significantly different (p < .05) in the two-sided equality test for column proportions