Table 2:
Comparison between the incidence of wound complications in the current cohort and other published data
.
Current study
Gaarenstroom et al. [
7
]
Gould et al. [
6
]
Wound cellulitis
2
4
.
2
%
(
𝑛
=
1
5
)
Not studied
3
5
.
4
%
Wound breakdown
9
.
7
%
(
𝑛
=
6
)
1
1
%
(
𝑛
=
2
1
)
1
9
.
4
%
Wound seroma
1
2
.
5
%
(
𝑛
=
8
)
2
7
%
(
𝑛
=
5
0
)
1
3
.
1
%
Wound infection
3
.
2
%
(
𝑛
=
2
)
2
7
%
(
𝑛
=
5
1
)
Not studied
Early lower limb lymphedema formation
4
.
8
%
(
𝑛
=
3
)
2
1
%
(
𝑛
=
4
0
)
4
.
8
%