| Total groins 528 (Total patients 333) | No of Groins (No patients) | Lymphocyst incidence per groin (per patient) | Groin Wound Breakdown incidence per groin (per patient) | Groin Wound Infection incidence per groin (per patient) | ||||||
| Variable | Number | %(%) | p value | Number | % (%) | p value | Number | % (%) | p value | |
| Age in years | ||||||||||
| ≤ 50 | 76 (51) | 27 (23) | 35.5% (45%) | 0.4773† | 6 (5) | 7.9% (9.8%) | 0.4129† | 12 (11) | 15.8% (21.5%) | 0.2701† |
| 51 – 70 | 179 (112) | 64 (55) | 35.6% (49%) | (0.8274) | 11 (11) | 6.1% (9.8%) | (0.7625) | 21 (19) | 11.7% (16.9%) | (0.4278) |
| > 70 | 270 (170) | 101 (86) | 37.4% (50.5%) | 26 (21) | 9.6% (12.3%) | 23 (22) | 8.5% (12.9%) | |||
| Smokers | ||||||||||
| Current | 119 (77) | 50 (42) | 42% (54.5%) | 0.2489† | 16 (15) | 13.4% (19.5%) | 0.020‡ | 18 (17) | 15.1% (22%) | 0.2731† |
| Past | 74 (45) | 23 (20) | 31% (44.4%) | (0.4040) | 8 (6) | 10.8% (13.3%) | (0.023) | 7 (7) | 9.4% (15.5%) | (0.2930) |
| Never | 332 (211) | 119 (102) | 35.8% (48.3%) | 19 (16) | 5.7% (7.6%) | 31 (28) | 9.3% (13.3%) | |||
| Diabetic | ||||||||||
| No | 451 (286) | 159 (138) | 35.3% (48.2%) | 0.1766† | 38 (32) | 8.4% (11.2%) | 0.3784† | 46 (44) | 10.2% (15.4%) | 0.4600† |
| Non-Insulin | 51 (31) | 20 (16) | 39.2% (51.6%) | (0.5202) | 2 (2) | 3.9% (6.4%) | (0.4657) | 8 (6) | 15.7% (19.3%) | (0.7920) |
| Insulin | 23 (16) | 13 (10) | 56.5% (62.5%) | 3 (3) | 13% (18.7%) | 2 (2) | 8.7% (12.5%) | |||
| Nodes removed | ||||||||||
| ≤ 4 nodes | 103 (83) | 18 (16) | 17.5% (19.3%) | 0.0001† | 2 (2) | 1.9% (2.4%) | 0.0054† | 6 (5) | 5.8% (6%) | 0.1994† |
| 5 – 8 nodes | 168 (148) | 56 (57) | 33.3% (38.5%) | (< 0.0001) | 11 (10) | 6.5% (6.7%) | (0.0047) | 22 (22) | 13% (14.8%) | (0.1645) |
| 9 + nodes | 254 (195) | 118 (102) | 46.4% (52.3%) | 30 (27) | 11.8% (13.8%) | 28 (25) | 11% (12.8%) | |||
| BMI | ||||||||||
| < 30 | 388 (243) | 136 (115) | 35 (47.3%) | 0.191‡ | 20 (17) | 5.2% (7%) | < 0.001‡) | 40 (38) | 10.3% (15.6%) | 0.725‡ |
| ≥ 30 | 137 (90) | 56 (49) | 40.9% (54.4%) | (0.248) | 23 (20) | 16.8% (22.2%) | < 0.001 | 16 (14) | 11.7% (15.5%) | (0.985) |
| Groin Drain | ||||||||||
| Yes | 348 (211) | 123 (99) | 35.3% (46.9%) | 0.854‡ | 34 (28) | 9.8% (13.3%) | 0.064‡ | 42 (39) | 12.1% (18.6%) | 0.155‡ |
| No | 177 (122) | 69 (65) | 39% (52.8%) | (0.669) | 9 (9) | 5.1% (7.4%) | (0.094) | 14 (13) | 7.9% (10.7%) | (0.152) |