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ArticleWorld journal of surgical oncology2021

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

Juan Huang, Shouman Wang, Yuhui Wu, Jian Hai, Jie Mao, Xue Dong, Zhi Xiao

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Article in World journal of surgical oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Juan Huang *Breast Cancer Center, Department of General Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 87 Xiangya Road, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China, 410008.
Shouman Wang *Breast Cancer Center, Department of General Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 87 Xiangya Road, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China, 410008.
Yuhui WuBreast Cancer Center, Department of General Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 87 Xiangya Road, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China, 410008.
Jian HaiBreast Cancer Center, Department of General Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 87 Xiangya Road, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China, 410008.
Jie MaoBreast Cancer Center, Department of General Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 87 Xiangya Road, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China, 410008.
Xue DongBreast Cancer Center, Department of General Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 87 Xiangya Road, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China, 410008.
Zhi XiaoBreast Cancer Center, Department of General Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 87 Xiangya Road, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China, 410008. zhixiao@csu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9974-0487
Central South University · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 81001179Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province 2020JJ4916
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe 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.

methodsThree hundred and eighty-eight consecutive breast cancer patients were retrospectively analyzed and categorized into three groups. Patients in group 1 were with quilting suture, group 2 with conventional suture and 13-15 days drainage in situ, and group 3 with conventional suture and 20-22 days drainage. The primary outcome was the incidence of grades 2 and 3 seroma at anterior pectoral area within 1 month postoperatively. Cox regression was used for analysis.

resultsThe incidence of grades 2 and 3 seroma was comparable among groups (9.5% vs. 7.9% vs. 5.3%, p = 0.437), as well as late grades 2 and 3 seroma among groups (4.3% vs. 2.9% vs. 1.5%, p = 0.412). Old age, high body mass index, and hypertension were independent risk factors for grades 2 and 3 seroma.

conclusionsProlonged timing of drainage to 13-15 days in conventional suture was long enough to decrease the incidence of grades 2 and 3 seroma as lower as that in quilting suture group at pectoral area within 1 month after mastectomy.

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Breast NeoplasmsSeromaDrainageHumansLymph Node ExcisionMastectomyPostoperative ComplicationsPrognosisRetrospective StudiesSurgical FlapsSuturesSuture TechniquesDrainage timeMastectomyQuilting sutureSeroma

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PMID33980267
PMCPMC8117557
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