Table 3.

Comparison of groups by using Japanese Breast Cancer Society Cosmetic Evaluation Scale (JBCS)

JBCS Cosmetic Evaluation Score	Group 1 (PM + MLDF)	Group 2 (M + I)	p value
Bad	1 (0.5%)a	2(3.6%)a	0.01
Moderate	85 (45.7%)b	35(62.5%)a
Good	92 (49.5%)b	15(26.8%)a
Perfect	8 (4.3%)a	4(7.1%)a

Chi-Square test was used to compare the two groups