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. 2020 May 19;20:108. doi: 10.1186/s12893-020-00773-0

Table 2.

Operative and histopathological details

N = 44 (%)
Sentinel lymph node biopsy 43 (97.9)
Axillary lymph node dissection 15 (34.1)
Oncoplastic procedure performed during breast conserving surgery 1 (6.3)b
Diagnosisa, n (%)
 DCIS 2 (4.7)
 Invasive carcinoma 41 (95.3)
Size of tumour (cm), median (IQR) 2.2 (1.5–3.5)
Seroma or haematoma 17 (38.6)

IQR Interquartile range

aOne of the major breast surgeries was done prophylactically with presence of tumour only on the contralateral side, hence n = 43 for this case

bExpressed as over number of patients who underwent breast conserving surgery