Surgery

Research data from C.M. Mccarthy and colleagues update understanding of surgery

Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, August 17th, 2007

"The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the effect of drains on complications, including infection, seroma, and hematoma formation, in patients undergoing exchange of a temporary expander for a permanent, breast implant. A review of all tissue expander/implant breast reconstructions performed at a single center from 1997 to 2004 was undertaken," researchers in the United States report.

"Two patient cohorts were identified: patients who underwent exchange of their expander to a permanent implant with the use of closed-suction drains and patients who underwent the exchange procedure without the use of drains. The incidence of infection, seroma, and hematoma...

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Source: Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly (2007-08-17)

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