[Retracted] Comparison of Modified Above-Knee and Conventional Surgery with the Stripping of the Great Saphenous Vein of Varicose Veins of the Lower Extremities: A Retrospective Study

Table 3

Comparison of postoperative complications.

	Above-knee	Conventional surgery		value
Injury of the saphenous nerve (%)	5 (2.3)	59 (27.7)	53.62	≤0.001
Mild	5 (2.3)	55 (25.8)	48.45	≤0.001
Severe	0 (0.0)	4 (1.9)	2.27	0.137
Surgical site infection (%)	2 (0.9)	2 (0.9)	0.00	1.000
Venous thromboembolism (%)	0 (0.0)	2 (0.9)	0.50	0.483
Subcutaneous hematoma (%)	3 (1.4)	16 (7.5)	7.933	0.005
Thrombophlebitis superficial (%)	19 (8.9)	14 (6.6)	0.821	0.365