Table 3: Hospital stay, time to drain removal, morbidity and mortality, recurrence at six-month, and changes in QOL in the study groups.
|
|
Group A (n = 20) |
Group B (n = 20) |
P-value |
|
Hospitalization period (round to the nearest whole number in days) |
1 (1-2) |
1 (1-2) |
0.747 |
|
Time to drain removal (round to the nearest whole number in days) |
10 (7-14) |
9 (7-14) |
0.577 |
|
Morbidity and mortality |
|||
|
Infection |
1 (5%) |
1 (5%) |
1 |
|
Dehiscence |
1 (5%) |
0 (0%) |
0.311 |
|
Hematoma |
0 (0%) |
0 (0%) |
- |
|
Flap necrosis |
0 (0%) |
0 (0%) |
- |
|
Seroma |
1 (5%) |
1 (5%) |
1 |
|
Mortality |
0 (0%) |
0 (0%) |
- |
|
Recurrence |
1 (5%) |
0 (0%) |
0.311 |
|
Improvement in the quality of life at six-month follow-up |
41.85 ± 9.11 |
39.55 ± 10.44 |
0.462 |
Data are presented as mean ± SD, median (range), or frequency (%)