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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: A new indocyanine green fluorescence lymphography protocol for identification of the lymphatic drainage pathway for patients with breast cancer-related lymphoedema

Characteristic

 Age (yr), mean (SD)

57.73 (±9.78)

 Time since cancer diagnosis (yr) mean (SD)

7.26 (±6.88)

Breast Surgery type n (%)

 Mastectomy

76 (73.78)

 Lumpectomy/WLE

25 (24.27)

 NSM and implant

2 (1.94)

Axilla surgery type n (%)

 ALND

99 (96.11)

 SNB

2 (1.94)

 Unknown

2 (1.94)

Adjuvant therapy n (%)

 Radiotherapy

84 (81.55)

 Taxane chemotherapy

62 (60.19)

  1. WLE Wide Local Excision, NSM Nipple Sparing Mastectomy, ALND Axillary Lymph Node Dissection, SNB Sentinel Node Biopsy, yr year, n number