Table 3.
Shown are the major and minor complication rates for both cohorts.
| ACP/PRP | Control (no ACP/PRP) | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients | 82 | 81 | |||
| SLN removal via separate incision∗∗∗ | 75 | 91.5 | 45 | 55.6 | |
| SNL removal via existing incision∗∗∗ | 7 | 8.5 | 36 | 44.4 | <.0001 |
| Total∗ | 18 | 21.9 | 19 | 23.4 | |
| Major∗ | |||||
| Revision surgery | 0 | 1 | 1.2 | 0.5 | |
| Minor∗ | |||||
| Seroma requiring aspiration | 2 | 2.4 | 3 | 3.7 | 0.68 |
| Seroma not requiring aspiration | 16 | 19.5 | 13 | 16.0 | 0.68 |
| Hematoma | 0 | 2 | 2.5 | 0.25 | |
| Infection requiring antibiotics | 0 | 0 | |||
∗All percentage data was calculated excluding the missing data (ACP, n = 67 and no ACP, n = 73). ∗∗∗SNL: sentinel lymph node.