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Table 5.

Compression garments and patient-reported outcomes

	Total	P-value	Arm	P-value	Leg	P-value
Compression garments (n)	100		85		15
Discontinuation (%)	43		47.1		20
Partial discontinuation (%)	18		17.6		20
Continuation (%)	39	NE	35.3	NE	60	NE
Positive effect^b (n)^a	100		85		15
Yes (%)	80		77.6		93.3
No (%)	20	< 0.001	22.4	< 0.001	7.6	0.005
Patients experiencing cellulitis^a (n)^c	98		83		15
Before operation (%)	38.8		41		26.7
After operation (%)	23.5	0.001	26.5	0.007	6.7	0.031
Cellulitis episodes per year^a (n)^d	98		83		15
Before operation (Mean ± SD)	1.1 ± 1.9		1.0 ± 1.6		1.4 ± 3.3
After operation (Mean ± SD)	0.5 ± 1.3	0.006	0.4 ± 1.0	0.001	0.6 ± 2.3	0.492
MLD sessions per week^a (n)^d	82		70		12
Before operation (Mean ± SD)	1.3 ± 1.0		1.2 ± 0.8		1.9 ± 19
After operation (Mean ± SD)	0.8 ± 0.8	< 0.001	0.8 ± 0.71	< 0.001	0.9 ± 1.4	0.005

^aCalculated using the Chi-Square test

^bOutcome reported by patient

^cCalculated using the McNemar test

^dCalculated using the Paired Samples T-Test