ArticleAesthetic surgery journal. Open forum2024
Decreasing Seroma Incidence Following Abdominoplasty: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of High-Quality Evidence.
Article in Aesthetic surgery journal. Open forum, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07733921 (Effect of Irrigation of Triamcinolone Versus Hypertonic Saline in Decreasing Seroma Post Abdominoplasty), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.
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Effect of Irrigation of Triamcinolone Versus Hypertonic Saline in Decreasing Seroma Post Abdominoplasty
Who cites it
3 citing papers in PubMed.
- Extensive Flap Dissection Abdominoplasty Combined With High-definition Liposuction for Postpregnancy Abdomen: A 10-year Study.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2026Article
- Abdominoplasty After Weight Loss in Post-bariatric Surgery: An Optimized Surgery Procedure and Clinical Protocol-A Large Single-center Study.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2025Article
- Abdominoplasty and rectus diastasis repair-a plastic surgeon's perspective.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2025Review
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Abstract
Background: Seroma formation is the most common complication of abdominoplasties. Many preventive interventions have been proposed, but none have been recognized as a definitive solution, partly due to varying levels of evidence (LOE) in the literature. Objectives: We aimed to analyze seroma prevention methods supported by high-level evidence. Methods: The PubMed database was queried through August 2023. Primary articles of interest included randomized controlled trials (RCTs), prospective comparative studies, and meta-analyses of these studies. The LOE for each article was determined according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons Rating Scale. The "seroma occurrence ratio," or ratio of seroma events in the interventional group to respective control group, was calculated to compare incidence rates between techniques. Results: Twenty articles and 9 categories of techniques were analyzed. Study designs included 10 RCTs, 2 prospective cohort studies, 7 prospective comparative studies, and 1 retrospective randomized study. The use of progressive-tension and quilting sutures had the most data supporting a statistically significant reduction in seroma (occurrence ratio 0.306, Conclusions: This review highlights multiple seroma prevention techniques for abdominoplasty investigated in recent high-quality literature. We suggest future randomized comparative studies of the various seroma prevention methods to fully ascertain their efficacy following abdominoplasty. Level of Evidence 1:
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