Review Article
Postoperative Complications following Nodal Dissection and Their Association with Melanoma Recurrence
Table 1
Demographic and pathological characteristics.
| | Characteristics | Total () | Inguinal dissection () | Axillary dissection () | value |
| | Gender | | | | | | Male | 55 (52.9%) | 29 (46%) | 26 (63.4%) | 0.083 | | Female | 49 (47.1%) | 34 (54%) | 15 (36.5%) | | | Age | | | | | | Mean ± SD | 54.5 (±16.98) | 57.4 (±16.70)
| 50 (±16.06)
| 0.029 | | Median | 56 | 60 | 51 | | | Primary site | | | | | | Extremity | 88 (84.6%) | 61 (96.8%) | 27 (65.9%) | <0.001 | | Trunk | 16 (15.3%) | 2 (3.2%) | 14 (34.1%) | <0.001 | | Breslow (mm) | | | | | | Mean ± SD | 4.55 (±4.01) | 5.03 (±4.49) | 3.8 (±3.06) | 0.11 | | Median | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3 | | | 1–1.79 mm | 17 (16.3%) | 10 (15.9%) | 7 (17.1%) | 0.872 | | 1.80–3.5 mm | 36 (34.6%) | 19 (30.2%) | 17 (41.5%) | 0.236 | | 3.5 mm | 51 (49%) | 34 (54%) | 17 (41.5%) | 0.213 | | Clarke’s level | | | | | | III or > | 26 (25%) | 16 (25.4%) | 10 (24.4%) | 0.908 | | IV | 67 (64.4%) | 38 (60.3%) | 29 (70.7%) | 0.278 | | V | 11 (10.6%) | 9 (14.3%) | 2 (4.9%) | 0.127 | | Ulceration | | | | | | Present | 40 (38.5%) | 27 (42.9%) | 13 (31.7%) | 0.235 | | Absent | 35 (51%) | 29 (46%) | 24 (58.5%) | 0.213 | | Unknown | 11 (10.6%) | 7 (11.1%) | 4 (9.75%) | 0.826 | | Lymph vascular invasion | | | | | | Present | 18 (17%) | 12 (19%) | 6 (14.6%) | 0.561 | | Absent | 72 (69.2%) | 43 (68.3%) | 29 (70.7%) | 0.789 | | Unknown | 14 (13.5%) | 8 (12.7%) | 6 (14.6%) | 0.777 | | Melanoma type | | | | | | Superficial spreading | 51 (49%) | 29 (46%) | 22 (53.7%) | 0.447 | | Nodular | 29 (27.9%) | 16(25.4%) | 13 (31.7%) | 0.483 | | Lentigo maligna | 7 (6.7%) | 4 (6.3%) | 3 (7.3%) | 0.847 | | Acral lentiginous | 13 (12.5%) | 11 (17.5%) | 2 (4.9%) | 0.05 | | Amelanotic | 4 (3.8%) | 3 (4.8%) | 1 (2.4%) | 0.547 |
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