Prevalence of lymphedema in women undergoing treatment for breast cancer in a referral center in southeastern Brazil

Table 1 Symptoms and presence of AWS in the arm ispilateral to the surgery, Brazil, 2010

	Variables	%	P
Presence of seroma	No	25.0	<0.001
	Yes	75.0
Heat Sensation in the scar	No	73.2	0.05
	Yes	26.8
Pain in the scar	No	48.2	0.013
	Yes	51.8
Heat sensation in the upper limb	No	63.4	0.015
	Yes	36.6
Pain in any part of the upper limb	No	27.7	<0.001
	Yes	72.3
Burning sensation in any part of the upper limb	No	69.6	0.012
	Yes	30.4
Episode of redness in any part of the upper limb	No	66.1	<0.01
	Yes	33.9
Presence of lymphatic cord - AWS, anywhere in the upper limb	No	35.7	<0.01
	Yes	63.4

Variables related to variables for women, such as symptoms and presence of AWS in the arm ispilateral to the surgery in the postoperative period, associated with lymphedema following surgical treatment for breast cancer, Juiz de Fora (MG), Brazil, 2010.

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