Quilting following mastectomy reduces seroma, associated complications and health care consumption without impairing patient comfort

BACKGROUND: An important complication following mastectomy is seroma formation. Quilting, in which skin flaps are sutured to the underlying muscle, is reported to reduce seroma incidence, but might induce pain and impair shoulder function. Main objective is to compare quilting with conventional woun...

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Autores principales: van Zeelst, Lotte J., ten Wolde, Britt, van Eekeren, Ramon R. J. P., Volders, José H., de Wilt, Johannes H. W., Strobbe, Luc J. A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Breast
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9298805/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34786726
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jso.26739

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9298805/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34786726
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jso.26739

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