Conventional suture with prolonged timing of drainage is as good as quilting suture in preventing seroma formation at pectoral area after mastectomy

Conventional suture with prolonged timing of drainage is as good as quilting suture in preventing seroma formation at pectoral area after mastectomy

Abstract Background The aim of this study was to compare conventional suture with prolonged timing of drainage with quilting suture on the formation of seroma at pectoral area after mastectomy (ME) with sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLN) or axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) for breast cancer. Meth...

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Main Authors: Juan Huang, Shouman Wang, Yuhui Wu, Jian Hai, Jie Mao, Xue Dong, Zhi Xiao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-05-01
Series:World Journal of Surgical Oncology
Subjects:
Quilting suture
Drainage time
Seroma
Mastectomy
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12957-021-02257-8

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