Table 2: Incidence of short and long-term complications to the type of groin dissection.
For lymphedema 35 Groins (22 patients) excluded due to follow up < 6 months.
† Cochran-Armitage trend test.
‡ Recurrent cellulitis data only available per patient, 22 patients excluded due to follow up < 6 months.
Total Number of Groins 525
Total No of Patients = 333		 No of groins
(no of patients)		 Complication per groin
(per patient)		 % per groin
(% per patient)		 P value†
Lymphocyst
Inguino-femoral LND 416 (278) 177 (150) 42.5% (54.3%) <.0001
Nodal debulking 103 (65) 15 (14) 14.6% (21.5%) (<.0001)
Sentinel node 6 (6) 0 (0)
Incidence per patient 333 164 49.2 %
Groin wound breakdown
Inguino-Femoral LND 416 (278) 39 (33) 9.4% (11.9) 0.1570
Nodal debulking 103 (65) 4 (4) 3.9% (3.8%) (0.3946)
Sentinel node 6 (6) 0 (0)
Incidence per patient 333 37 13%
Groin wound infection
Inguino-Femoral LND 416 (278) 47 (45) 11.3% (16.1%) 0.3713
Nodal debulking 103 (65) 8 (6) 7.8% (9.2%) (0.3773)
Sentinel node 6 (6) 1 (1) 16.6%
Incidence per patient 333 52 15.6%
Lymphedema
Inguino-Femoral LND 392 (262) 137 (113) 35% (43.1%) 0.0032
Nodal debulking 92 (58) 18 (13) 19.6% (22.4%) (0.0025)
Sentinel node 6 0 0%
Incidence per patient 311 126 40.5%
Recurrent cellulitis per patient†
Inguino-Femoral LND 262 17 6.5% 1.000
Nodal debulking 58 4 6.9%
Sentinel node 6 0 0%
Incidence per patient 311 21 6.8%