Application of Subcutaneous Talc after Axillary Dissection in a Porcine Model Safely Reduces Drain Duration and Prevents Seromas

• Published in: Journal of the American College of Surgeons Vol. 214; no. 3; pp. 338 - 347
• Main Authors: Klima, David A., MD, Belyansky, Igor, MD, Tsirline, Victor B., MD, Lincourt, Amy E., PhD, Lipford, Edward H., MD, Getz, Stanley B., MD, Heniford, B. Todd, MD, FACS
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.03.2012; Elsevier
• Subjects: Aerosols; Animals; Axilla; Biological and medical sciences; Drainage; General aspects; Lymph Node Excision; Medical sciences; Particle Size; Postoperative Complications - prevention & control; Prevention and actions; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Seroma - prevention & control; Surgery; Swine; Talc - administration & dosage; Time Factors; hematoxylin and eosin; large particle; SIRS; systemic inflammatory response syndrome; LND; small particle; IM; LP; H&E; intramuscular; lymph node dissection; SP; Talc; Seroma; Subcutaneous; Duration; Pig; Medicine; Prevention; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Treatment; Animal; Surgery; Models; Artiodactyla; Dissection; Ungulata; Axillary

Background Talc, the most common pleurodesis agent, has recently been shown to prevent seromas and decrease drain duration when placed subcutaneously after large subcutaneous dissection accompanying open ventral hernia repair. We hypothesized that talc would decrease drain duration and prevent serom...