Measuring upper limb function and patient reported outcomes after major breast cancer surgery: a pilot study in an Asian cohort

Table 2 Operative and histopathological details

	N = 44 (%)
Sentinel lymph node biopsy	43 (97.9)
Axillary lymph node dissection	15 (34.1)
Oncoplastic procedure performed during breast conserving surgery	1 (6.3)^b
Diagnosis^a, n (%)
DCIS	2 (4.7)
Invasive carcinoma	41 (95.3)
Size of tumour (cm), median (IQR)	2.2 (1.5–3.5)
Seroma or haematoma	17 (38.6)

IQR Interquartile range
^aOne of the major breast surgeries was done prophylactically with presence of tumour only on the contralateral side, hence n = 43 for this case
^bExpressed as over number of patients who underwent breast conserving surgery

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