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Table 2 Postoperative Complications and Primary Systemic Treatment

From: The relationship between retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy and survival in advanced ovarian cancer patients

Complication or Treatment

Group A

Group B

P-value

(N = 170)

(N = 240)

 

Complication

 Infection treated with antibiotics

22 (12.9%)

52 (21.7%)

0.027

 Thrombosis

4 (2.4%)

6 (2.5%)

0.924

 Lymph cysts

4 (2.4%)

50 (20.8%)

< 0.001

 Intestinal fistula

2 (1.2%)

4 (1.7%)

0.684

 Repeat laparotomy for complications

2 (1.2%)

6 (2.5%)

0.340

 Postoperative bleeding

0 (0)

2 (0.8%)

0.233

Primary systemic therapy

  

0.100

 Paclitaxel and platinum

98 (57.6%)

160 (66.7%)

 

 Docetaxel and platinum

68 (40%)

76 (31.7%)

 

 Other systemic treatment

2 (1.2%)

4 (1.7%)

 

 No systemic treatment

2 (1.2%)

0 (0)