Table 2.

Mean differences of circumferences of the lymphedematous and the unaffected arms between groups: p-values

Location of measurement	Preoperative	1.5 months postoperative	3 months postoperative	6 months postoperative	12 months postoperative	24 months postoperative
Thumb saddle joint	0.163	0.706	0.416	0.511	0.257	0.522
Wrist	0.003	0.907	0.121	0.929	0.562	0.37
Wrist plus 10 cm	0.00001	0.813	0.193	0.906	0.457	0.484
Wrist plus 20 cm	0.000003	0.632	0.026	0.644	0.919	0.360
Wrist plus 30 cm	0.000003	0.279	0.967	0.019	0.409	0.422
Wrist plus 40 cm	0.002	0.143	0.819	0.205	0.618	0.120

The values in italic are values that are statistically significant (p < 0.05)