Clinical Study
Quality of Life and Volume Reduction in Women with Secondary Lymphoedema Related to Breast Cancer
Table 1
Characteristics of patients before the intervention.
| Variables | Mean (SD) | Median (min.–max.) |
| Age (in years) |
62.87 (10.02) | 63.95 (39–88) | Time (months) postoperatively for lymphedema | 37.47 (55.60) | 21.70 (1.10–309.47) | Excess volume (mL) | 776.16 (490.19) | 652.12 (158–2.271) | Percentage of excess volume | 44.20 (26.83) | 38.17 (7.87–139.91) | Time (months) with chronic lymphedema | 60.90 (62.98) | 50.77 (0–318) | Body mass index | 29.75 (5.57) | 29.40 (21–48) |
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SD: standard deviation.
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