Postoperative Complications following Nodal Dissection and Their Association with Melanoma Recurrence

Table 4

Analysis of risk factors associated with complications.

Risk factors for complications	ILND	𝑃 value	ALND	P value	ILND versus ALNC
Age > 60	16/32 (50%)	0.089	6/14 (42.9%)	0.397	0.655
Male	11 (37.9%)	0.793	12 (46.2%)	0.033	0.357
Female	14 (41.2%)	—	2 (13.3%)	—	0.055
Extremity	24 (39.3%)	0.762	8 (29.6%)	0.397	0.382
Trunk	1 (50%)	—	6 (42.8%)	—	0.849
LVI	7 (58.3%)	0.935	3 (50%)	0.954	0.778
Ulceration	13 (48.1%)	0.324	5 (38.5%)	0.228	0.131
Breslow > 3.5	12 (35.3%)	0.441	5 (29.4%)	0.591	0.674
Clark > 4	20 (42.6%)	0.048	10 (32.2%)	0.653	0.201
Positive nodes > 30%	4/12 (25%)	0.935	3/7 (42.8%)	0.558	0.783
Melanoma type
Superficial spreading	11 (37.9%)	0.793	8 (36.4%)	0.747	0.909
Nodular	7 (43.8%)	0.700	4 (30.8%)	0.756	0.474
Lentigo maligna	1 (25%)	0.535	2 (66.7%)	0.217	0.270
Acral lentiginous	4 (36.4%)	0.804	0	0.296	0.305
Amelanotic	2 (66.7%)	0.328	0	0.466	0.248