Objective: It was aimed to test the hypothesis that use of a double drain results in less seroma formation, duration hospital stay, surgical site infection (SSI), postoperative pain, hematoma, flap necrosis compared single patients undergoing modified radical mastectomy. Material and Methods: This parallel-group, single-institution randomized controlled trial conducted at department surgery our...

BACKGROUND Subcutaneous mastectomy for female- to-male transsexuals is usually the first surgical pro- cedure in sexual reassignment. The main objective of subcutaneous mastectomy is to create an aesthetically pleasing male chest contour by removing all glandular tissue while minimizing chest wall scars. AIMS In this paper, we present our experience with subcutaneous mastectomy performed in f...

Gigantomastia (GM) is a rare disabling condition characterized by excessive breast tissue growth. To date, there is no universal classification and definition of GM. At present, GM is determined as weight over 1.5 kg per breast (Dancey et al., 2008) or 3% or more of the patient's total body weight (Dafydd et al., 2011). The lack of generally acknowledged approach regarding GM is expressed by th...

Background Neutrophils are the first line of defense against invasive microorganisms during and after surgery. There is a possibility that different opioid analgesics used during surgery have different effects on the leucocyte count. We retrospectively analyzed the numbers of leucocytes, neutrophils, and lymphocytes just after surgery in patients who received remifentanil-based anesthesia and t...

OBJECTIVE Clinical features, prognostic factors and principle of surgical treatment for Paget's disease of the breast were analyzed, so as to optimize the treatment of Pagent's disease of the breast. METHOD Seventy-two cases of Paget's disease of the breast treated at Affiliated Union Hospital and Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Huazhong University of Science ...

Background: Suction drains are routinely used after modified radical mastectomy and an important factor contributing to increased hospital stay as the patients often discharged only their removal. Amongst various factors that influence amount of postoperative drainage, negative suction pressure applied drain has been reported be great significance. While a high is expected collection reduce dea...