Evidence-based risk factors for seroma formation in breast surgery

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 197-206

  Kuroi, Katsumasa ^a   Shimozuma, Kojiro ^b   Taguchi, Tetsuya ^c   Imai, Hirohisa ^d   Yamashiro, Hiroyasu ^e   Ohsumi, Shozo ^f   Saito, Shinya ^g  

^a Oikawa Hospital   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION SHIKOKU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^g KOCHI WOMEN S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Mastectomy; Risk factor; Seroma

Indexed keywords

ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FIBRIN GLUE; HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SEROMA; SHOULDER; SUCTION DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VOLUMETRY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DRAINAGE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; MASTECTOMY, RADICAL; META-ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SEROMA;

EID: 33745728715     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyl019     Document Type: Article

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