Table 1.

Patient characteristics

Continuous variables
Age, years	52.2	10.3
BW, kg	57.6	8.5
BL, cm	156.5	5.4
BMI	23.6	3.5
Tumor size, cm	2.4	1.8
Removed soft tissue size, cm	12.9	5.9
LN dissected, n	10.1	9.6
Operating time, min	192.7	110.0
Categorical variables
Type of mastectomy
PM	96	46.4%
TM	111	53.6%
Type of LN dissected
ALND	87	42.0%
SLND	120	58.0%
Reconstruction
Yes	22	10.6%
No	185	89.4%
IORT
Yes	35	16.9%
No	172	83.1%
Myofascial adhesion
Yes	25	12.1%
No	182	87.9%
Seroma
Yes	14	6.8%
No	193	93.2%
AWS
Yes	101	48.8%
No	106	51.2%

Values are mean and SD or number and percentages. BW, body weight; BL, body length; BMI, body mass index; LN, lymph node; PM, partial mastectomy; TM, total mastectomy; ALND, axillary lymph node dissection; SLND, sentinel lymph node dissection; IORT, intraoperative radiotherapy; AWS, axillary web syndrome.