Review Article
Postoperative Complications following Nodal Dissection and Their Association with Melanoma Recurrence
Table 5
The association between complications and recurrence.
| Recurrence risk | ILND (63) | value | ALND (41) | value |
| Overall recurrence | 53 (84.1%) | 0.016 | 26 (63.4%) | — | Overall complications | 25 (39.7%) | 0.569 | 14 (34.1%) | — | Complication with recurrence | 19 (30.1%) | 0.152 | 10 (24.3%) | 0.433 | Lymphedema | 11 (17.4%) | 0.519 | 5 (12.2%) | 0.273 | Wound infection | 5 (7.9%) | 0.995 | 4 (9.7%) | 0.858 | Seroma | 11 (17.4%) | 0.957 | 4 (9.7%) | 0.858 | Haematoma | 2 (3.2%) | 0.532 | 19 (2.4%) | 0.442 | Chronic pain | 1 (1.6%) | 0.180 | 0 | 0.442 |
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