Background: Breast cancer is the most prevalent in our surgical practice Egypt. Seroma one of annoying complications after modified radical mastectomy and axillary clearance. Different modalities have been used to decrease incidence seroma. Objective: To assess impact using gelfoam decreasing seroma formation following mastectomy. Patients methods: This randomized controlled trial was done on...

Head and neck operations are associated with clinically significant postoperative morbidities such as haematoma, seroma, wound infection and skin flap complications [1]. Closed suction drainage is the standard of care for Head and Neck surgical wounds. The purpose of drains is to obliterate dead space and to reduce seroma and hematoma formation, thus improving skin apposition and wound healing,...

M oday, M arch 7, 2017 reduction (SPAIR) mammaplasty. This technique utilizes an inferior pedicle, circumvertical skin resection pattern, and purse-string peri-areolar closure to achieve a stable and aesthetic breast shape. Late breast distortion from seroma formation is rare complication than may occur after an initially satisfactory result. Contraction of the seroma cavity may cause the surro...

M oday, M arch 7, 2017 reduction (SPAIR) mammaplasty. This technique utilizes an inferior pedicle, circumvertical skin resection pattern, and purse-string peri-areolar closure to achieve a stable and aesthetic breast shape. Late breast distortion from seroma formation is rare complication than may occur after an initially satisfactory result. Contraction of the seroma cavity may cause the surro...

Zuid, Groningen, the Netherlands; Neil Piller is a Professor and Director of the Lymphoedema Assessment Clinic, Department of Surgery, Flinders University and Medical Centre, South Australia Breast cancer surgery is treated with either modified radical mastectomy (MRM), wide local excision (WLE) and axillary lymph node dissection (ALND), or sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB). Common complication...

Seroma is a complication unique to prosthetic arteriovenous graft (AVG), resulting as a consequence of transudation of sterile and clear serum, which is confined by a non-secretory fibrous pseudomembrane [1]. Although the precise etiology remains elusive, it is thought to be related to failure of the surrounding connective tissue to incorporate the graft [2]. The incidence of 2-4% reported in l...

BACKGROUND Seroma formation following modified radical mastectomy with axillary lymph node dissection for breast cancer is a most common wound complication. In our experience seroma occurs in approximately 50% of patients undergoing mastectomy. Postmastectomy seromas usually vanishes within a few weeks after operation. CASE PRESENTATION In this report we present the case of a 73 year old woma...

Background Seroma formation is a major complication following latissimus dorsi (LD) flap transfer for breast reconstruction. We implanted a nonwoven polyglycolic acid (PGA) fabric-a biodegradable polymer-in the LD flap donor site and examined its effect on postoperative seroma formation and resolution in a comparative study on 38 patients undergoing primary 1-stage breast reconstruction by LD f...

Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine the protective effects of nonsteroid anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and steroids on seroma formation after mastectomy and axillary lymph node dissection in rats. Methods: Mastectomy and axillary lymph node dissection were applied to the rats. Thirty rats enrolled in the study were randomly divided into three groups of 10 each. Group I patients rec...