ArticlePlastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open2018
Preventive Effect on Seroma of Use of PEAK PlasmaBlade after Latissimus Dorsi Breast Reconstruction.
Article in Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- A Retrospective Study of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting with Low-Thermal Plasma Dissection Device Compared to Conventional Monopolar Electrosurgery.Brazilian journal of cardiovascular surgery · 2021Trial
- Bilateral reduction mammaplasty with pulsed electron avalanche knife PlasmaBlade™ and conventional electrosurgical surgery: A retrospective, randomised controlled clinical trial.International wound journal · 2020Trial
- Does Suction Strategy Using a Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy System at the Extended Latissimus Dorsi Flap Donor Site After Breast Reconstruction Contribute to a Reduction in Seroma Formation?Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2026Article
- Successful use of electrosurgery in an occipitocervical fusion procedure in a patient with an established cochlear implant: illustrative case.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2025Article
- Comparative Study of Mastectomy Surgical Techniques Followed by Reconstruction: Hydrodissection and Electrical Plasma Surgery.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- PlasmaBlade versus Electrocautery for Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator Flap Harvesting in Autologous Breast Reconstruction: A Comparative Clinical Outcome Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Comparative healing of swine skin following incisions with different surgical devices.Annals of translational medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
Postoperative seroma is still the main complication after a latissimus dorsi (LD) flap procedure. The etiology of seroma is currently thought to comprise tissue fluids resulting from inflammatory reactions in affected tissue caused by the use of monopolar electrocautery (EC). It is possible that seroma formation can be reduced by using alternative devices such as the PEAK PlasmaBlade (PPB), which provides atraumatic scalpel-like cutting precision while the blade temperature remains close to body temperature. The subjects were 44 patients who underwent breast reconstruction with LD flaps from August 2015 to April 2017. They were retrospectively split into groups treated with a PPB (n = 21) and with conventional EC (n = 23). Outcomes such as rate of seroma formation, total drain discharge volume, indwelling period of drainage at the donor site, length of hospital stay, and operation time were compared between the 2 groups. The incidence of seroma was significantly lower in the PPB group (19.0%) than in the EC group (47.8%). The total drain discharge volume was significantly lower and the indwelling period of drainage and length of hospital stay were significantly shorter in the PPB group. In summary, use of PPB in an LD flap procedure can reduce seroma formation and the lengths of the drainage period and the hospital stay.
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