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. 2022 Aug 22;2022:2091677. doi: 10.1155/2022/2091677

Table 4.

Complication outcomes.

XRT n = 102 No-XRT n = 68 p-value
Patients with complication by severity <0.001
 None 64 (63) 61 (90) <0.001
 Medical management required 30 (29) 5 (7) <0.001
 Surgical management required 8 (8) 2 (3) 0.10
Time to surgical management, months 20.0 (5.5–42.0) 0.8 (0.7–0.8)
Complication type
 Amputation 1 (1) 0 (0) 1
 Arteritis 2 (2) 0 (0) 0.52
 Cellulitis 6 (6) 1 (1) 0.24
 Deep wound infection 5 (5) 2 (3) 0.7
 Dermatitis 6 (6) 0 (0) 0.08
 Deep venous thrombosis 2 (2) 0 (0) 0.52
 Fibrosis 16 (16) 0 (0) <0.001
 Fracture/osteonecrosis 5 (5) 0 (0) 0.16
 Hematoma/seroma 10 (10) 2 (3) 0.13
 Ileus 0 (0) 1 (1) 0.40
 Lymphedema 28 (28) 0 (0) <0.001
 Mucositis 1 (1) 0 (0) 1
 Neuropathy 4 (4) 2 (3) 1
 Ulcer 1 (1) 0 (0) 1
 Wound breakdown 4 (4) 3 (4) 1
Total complications 91 11

Values presented as n (%), unless otherwise specified. XRT, radiation group; No-XRT, no radiation group; , median (interquartile range).