Complication | preoperative group | postoperative group | total |
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Wound healing disorder | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Pathological fracture | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Lymph edema | 1 | 3 | 4 |
- Wound healing disorders had to be treated by surgery in 25% in the preoperative radiation group and in 9% in the postoperative radiation group (p = 0.22, chi square). Pathological fractures following irradiation were only present in the postoperative group (6%). A lymph edema occurred in 12.5% (preoperative group) and 9% (postoperative group).