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Table 1 Surgical parameters of women undergoing IORT

From: Clinical aspects of intraoperative radiotherapy in early breast cancer: short-term complications after IORT in women treated with low energy x-rays

 

Study group

 

(n = 208)

Type of axillary surgery

 

- SNB

109 (52.4%)

- ALNE (primary or after SNB)

115 (55.3%)

Duration of surgery (min)

 

- < 60

1 (0.5%)

- 60 – 90

6 (2.9%)

- 90 – 120

35 (16.8%)

- 120 – 180

126 (60.6%)

- > 180

40 (19.2%)

Intraoperative antibiotic treatment

194 (93.3%)

Radiation treatment

 

- IORT only

61 (29.3%)

- IORT Boost

147 (70.7%)

Duration of irradiation (min) mean

30 (10–60)

  1. Data are given as n (%).
  2. SNB = sentinel node biopsy, ALNE = axillary lymph node excision.