Acupuncture for Preventing Complications after Radical Hysterectomy: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Table 3

Postoperative complications of the treatment and control groups.

	15th postoperative day				30th postoperative day
	Treatment group	Control group	𝜒^2	𝑃 value	Treatment group	Control group	𝜒^2	𝑃 value
Sensory loss (𝑛)	12	22	4.104	0.043	5	14	5.065	0.024
Incontinence (𝑛)	4	12	4.615	0.032	2	8	3.927	0.048
Urinary retention (𝑛)	6	15	4.675	0.031	1	7	4.821	0.028
Lymphocyst formation (𝑛)	5	4	0.12	0.729	3	5	0.536	0.464
Lymphedema (𝑛)	0	0			0	1	1.008	0.315
Ileus (𝑛)	0	1	1.008	0.315	0	0
Ureterovaginal fistula (𝑛)	0	0			0	0
Wound infection (𝑛)	1	2	0.342	0.559	1	0	1.008	0.315
Urinary tract infection (𝑛)	1	1			0	4	4.138	0.042