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Research from P.G. Ngan and co-authors reveals new findings on surgery

Published in Health Risk Factor Week, September 8th, 2009

"We aimed to identify risk factors that may influence Surgeons' decision oil the use of surgical drains in breast reduction surgery. Medical notes of 182 patients were reviewed," scientists writing in the journal Annals of Plastic Surgery report.

"The mean age of the patients was 38 years and the mean body mass index was 25.4 kg/m(2). Eighty-three percent of the patients had bilateral breast reduction. The mean weight of the breast tissue excised was 58 1 g, with the inferior pedicle technique being the most Commonly used (52.6%). Factors significantly associated with ail increased total (train Output were older age (>50 years, P = 0.001), and larger amount of...

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