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. 2021 Jan 22;21:88. doi: 10.1186/s12885-020-07729-w

Table 3.

Characteristics of surgical and medical treatment

Variable Total, N No complication group, N (%) Complication group, N (%) p
Number of Patients 1081 1022 (94.5) 59 (5.5)
Axillary operation < 0.001
 SLNB 876 839 (95.8) 37 (4.2)
 ALND 205 183 (89.3) 22 (10.7)
PMRT < 0.001
 Yes 193 172 (89.1) 21 (10.9)
 No 888 850 (95.7) 38 (4.3)
Chemotherapy 0.062
 No 599 575 (96.0) 24 (4.0)
 NAC 61 57 (93.4) 4 (6.6)
 Adjuvant chemotherapy 421 390 (92.6) 31 (7.4)

SLNB Sentinel lymph node biopsy, ALND Axillary lymph node dissection, PMRT Post-mastectomy radiotherapy, NAC Neoadjuvant chemotherapy