|
Complication
|
preoperative group
|
postoperative group
|
total
|
|---|
|
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).
