Study methodology
paresthesia, upper limb edema
PARESTHESIA
The same group of doctors consecutively completed tracking and following up of the patients who underwent periareolar-incision breast-conserving surgery combined with SMALND or MALND. After screening and according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 126 patients met to the entry conditions. Of them, 64 underwent SMALND, and 62 had MALND. The doctors made statistics on the postoperative axillary daily drainage volume of the two patient groups, made records on their drain removal time, followed up and observed the patients on the 1st, 2nd, 7th, 14th, 30th, 60th, and 90th day after the surgery was performed. Then, by adopting the means of hospital observation, telephone counseling, or outpatient reexamination, doctors made statistics on the postoperative status of upper limb edema and paresthesia of the two patient groups.