Table 2 |
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Relationship between factors and lymphedema in ovarian and uterine cancer patients who underwent pelvic lymph node dissection (univariate analysis; N = 680) |
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|
Factor |
Category |
N |
No. cases of lymphedema |
Lymphedema incidence (%) |
p value* |
|
|
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|
Cancer type |
Ovarian |
133 |
28 |
21.1 |
|
|
Cervical |
252 |
75 |
29.8 |
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Endometrial |
295 |
82 |
27.8 |
0.175 |
|
|
|
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|
Age |
< 53 years |
342 |
93 |
27.2 |
|
|
≥ 53 years |
338 |
92 |
27.2 |
1.000 |
|
|
|
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|
Retroperitoneal approach** |
Closing |
457 |
131 |
28.7 |
|
|
Opening |
79 |
24 |
30.4 |
0.789 |
|
|
|
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|
Omentectomy |
- |
569 |
160 |
28.1 |
|
|
+ |
111 |
25 |
22.5 |
0.245 |
|
|
|
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|
Enterectomy |
- |
670 |
181 |
27.0 |
|
|
+ |
10 |
4 |
40.0 |
0.473 |
|
|
|
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|
Salpingo-oophorectomy |
- |
160 |
45 |
28.3 |
|
|
Unilateral |
87 |
25 |
28.7 |
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|
Bilateral |
433 |
115 |
26.6 |
0.873 |
|
|
|
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|
Hysterectomy |
- |
12 |
4 |
33.3 |
|
|
Total |
206 |
53 |
25.7 |
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|
Modified radical |
196 |
51 |
26.0 |
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|
Radical |
266 |
77 |
29.0 |
0.767 |
|
|
|
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|
Neo-adjuvant chemotherapy |
- |
645 |
173 |
26.8 |
|
|
+ |
35 |
12 |
34.3 |
0.334 |
|
|
|
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|
Adjuvant chemotherapy |
- |
393 |
111 |
28.2 |
|
|
+ |
287 |
74 |
25.8 |
0.487 |
|
|
|
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|
Post-operative radiation |
- |
548 |
136 |
24.8 |
|
|
+ |
132 |
49 |
37.1 |
0.006 |
|
|
|
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|
Para-aortic lymph node dissection |
- |
516 |
133 |
25.8 |
|
|
+ |
164 |
52 |
31.7 |
0.158 |
|
|
|
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|
Total |
680 |
185 |
27.2 |
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* Fisher's exact test ** Except for 144 patients for whom this information was unknown. |
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Tada et al. BMC Cancer 2009 9:47 doi:10.1186/1471-2407-9-47 |
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