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Table 1 Patient background and operation outcomes

From: Partial mastectomy using manual blunt dissection (MBD) in early breast cancer

Parameters

Bp + SNB (n = 233)

Age (years)

mean 59 (range 30–95, median 59, standard deviation 13)

Tumor diameter (cm)

mean 2.0 (range 0.4–3.8, median 2.0, standard deviation 0.8)

Operation time (min)

mean 67 (range 42–126, median 68, standard deviation 21)

Estimated blood loss (ml)

mean 35 (range 1–136, median 33, standard deviation28)

Frequency of total analgesics

mean 2.5

Cosmesis (Four points of evaluations of Harvard)

Excellent 86, Good 112, Fair 29, Poor 6

Postoperative bleeding

3

Wound infection

1

  1. Bp breast-preserving surgery, SNB sentinel lymph nodes biopsy