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Current use of drains and management of seroma following mastectomy and axillary surgery: results of a United Kingdom national practice survey

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العنوان: Current use of drains and management of seroma following mastectomy and axillary surgery: results of a United Kingdom national practice survey
المؤلفون: Fairhurst, K., Roberts, K., Fairbrother, P., Potter, S., Abbott, Nick, Achuthan, Raj, Ahmed, Goran, Ainsworth, Rachel, Arthur, Laura, Bains, Salena, Barber, Zoe, Batt, Jeremy, Bell, Ashleigh, Carter, Jane, Chambers, Alice, Conway, Anna, Courtney, Carol-Ann, Daltrey, Ian, Daoud, Raouf, Dash, Isabella, Dave, Rajiv, Dicks, Julia, Donigiewicz, Urszula, Fatayer, Hiba, Glassman, Daniel, Green, Nikki, Gutteridge, Eleanor, Hamad, Ahmed, Hargreaves, Anita, Harvey, James, Hassan Ali, Shaziya, Helme, Sophie, Henderson, Julia, Hignett, Susan, Hoar, Fiona, Horsnell, Jonathan, Hubbard, Thomas, Humphreys, Alex, Iqbal, Javeria, Johnson, Omotayo, Joshi, Meera, Kallaway, Charlotte, Karat, Isabella, Kim, Baek, Kleidi, Eleftheria, Kothari, Manish, Laban, Chrissie, Lambert, Kelly, Laws, Siobhan, Leeper, Alexander
المساهمون: National Institute for Health and Care Research
المصدر: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment ; volume 203, issue 2, page 187-196 ; ISSN 0167-6806 1573-7217
بيانات النشر: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
سنة النشر: 2023
مصطلحات موضوعية: Cancer Research, Oncology
الوصف: Purpose Up to 40% of the 56,000 women diagnosed with breast cancer each year in the UK undergo mastectomy. Seroma formation following surgery is common, may delay wound healing, and be uncomfortable or delay the start of adjuvant treatment. Multiple strategies to reduce seroma formation include surgical drains, flap fixation and external compression exist but evidence to support best practice is lacking. We aimed to survey UK breast surgeons to determine current practice to inform the feasibility of undertaking a future trial. Methods An online survey was developed and circulated to UK breast surgeons via professional and trainee associations and social media to explore current attitudes to drain use and management of post-operative seroma. Simple descriptive statistics were used to summarise the results. Results The majority of surgeons (82/97, 85%) reported using drains either routinely (38, 39%) or in certain circumstances (44, 45%). Other methods for reducing seroma such as flap fixation were less commonly used. Wide variation was reported in the assessment and management of post-operative seromas. Over half (47/91, 52%) of respondents felt there was some uncertainty about drain use after mastectomy and axillary surgery and two-thirds (59/91, 65%) felt that a trial evaluating the use of drains vs no drains after simple breast cancer surgery was needed. Conclusions There is a need for a large-scale UK-based RCT to determine if, when and in whom drains are necessary following mastectomy and axillary surgery. This work will inform the design and conduct of a future trial.
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
اللغة: English
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-023-07042-7
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-023-07042-7.pdf
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-023-07042-7/fulltext.html
الإتاحة: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-023-07042-7Test
حقوق: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0Test ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0Test
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.7E3F18D9
قاعدة البيانات: BASE