Conventional suture n = 119 | Quilting suture n = 116 | P value | ||
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Age (years) | Mean (SD) | 50.8 (11.7) | 52.7 (9.9) | 0.205 |
BMI (kg/m2) | Mean (SD) | 22.9 (2.8) | 22.7 (2.9) | 0.481 |
Hypertension | n(%) | 11 (9.2) | 20 (17.2) | 0.070 |
Diabetes | n(%) | 3 (2.5) | 4 (3.4) | 0.676 |
Smoking | n(%) | 1 (0.8) | 3 (2.6) | 0.301 |
Menopause | n(%) | 60 (50.4) | 69 (59.5) | 0.163 |
Familial history of cancer | n(%) | 10 (8.4) | 24 (20.7) | 0.007 |
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy | n(%) | 24 (20.2) | 23 (19.8) | 0.948 |
Surgery | ||||
ME+SLN | n(%) | 19 (16.0) | 18 (15.5) | 0.925 |
ME+ALND | n(%) | 100 (84.0) | 98 (84.5) | |
TNM stage | ||||
I | n(%) | 27 (22.7) | 37 (31.9) | 0.235 |
II | n(%) | 81 (68.1) | 67 (57.8) | |
III | n(%) | 11 (9.2) | 12 (10.3) |