A comprehensive approach to risk factors for upper arm morbidities following breast cancer treatment: a prospective study

Table 4 A summary table of the risk factors found to be significant for arm morbidity 6 months after surgery

Risk factors	Functional disability	Prolonged pain	↓ROM
In-hospital pain > 0.5	√	√
Radiation therapy			√
Lymph nodes dissected > 3		√	√
Breast reconstruction	√	√
Tumour size > 1	√
Tissue size			√
Pre-OP pain > 1		√
Daily drain fluid > 20 cc		√
Lymphedema		√
AWS		√
Mastectomy		√

Abbreviations: Funct. Disab. Functional disabilities, Pr. prolonged, ↓ Decreased, Pr-OP. Preoperative, AWS axillar web syndrome

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