AVOIDING WOUND DRAINAGE IN SURGERY FOR PRIMARY BREAST-CANCER

Authors
PURUSHOTHAM AD MCLATCHIE E
Citation
Ad. Purushotham et E. Mclatchie, AVOIDING WOUND DRAINAGE IN SURGERY FOR PRIMARY BREAST-CANCER, Breast, 7(4), 1998, pp. 227-228
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Oncology,"Obsetric & Gynecology
Journal title
Breast → ACNP
ISSN journal
09609776
Volume
7
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
227 - 228
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-9776(1998)7:4<227:AWDISF>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
A series of patients having a mastectomy (n = 26) or a wide local exci sion (n = 8) and axillary dissection to level II were treated without axillary drainage. The skin flaps were sutured to the chest wall to re duce the dead space. This preliminary report assesses the outcome in t hese patients.