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A controlled trial of closed wound suction drainage in radical mastectomy

✍ Scribed by A. M. Morris

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1973
Tongue
English
Weight
326 KB
Volume
60
Category
Article
ISSN
0007-1323

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Abstract

A controlled clinical trial has been performed to compare the effectiveness of suction drainage with that of static drainage. The trial has shown that in 53 radical mastectomy wounds the rate of wound healing was faster in those cases in which suction drainage was used, with a reduction in incidence of wound infection, breakdown, and necrosis.

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