Effect of different quilting techniques on seroma formation after breast surgery: retrospective study

• Published in: BJS open Vol. 7; no. 2
• Main Authors: van Zeelst, Lotte J, van der Waal, Dagmar C, Keemers-Gels, Mariël E, van den Wildenberg, Frits J H, Schlooz-Vries, Margrethe S, Wijers, Charlotte H W, de Wilt, Johannes H W, Strobbe, Luc J A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: US Oxford University Press 07.03.2023
• Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - surgery; Drainage - adverse effects; Drainage - methods; Female; Humans; Mastectomy - adverse effects; Mastectomy - methods; Original; Polyglactin 910; Postoperative Complications - epidemiology; Postoperative Complications - etiology; Postoperative Complications - prevention & control; Retrospective Studies; Seroma - epidemiology; Seroma - etiology; Seroma - prevention & control; Suture Techniques - adverse effects

Abstract Background Quilting, a technique in which skin flaps are sutured to the underlying muscle, reduces seroma after mastectomy and/or axillary lymph node dissection. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of different quilting techniques on the formation of clinically significant seroma...