The use of sclerotherapy for treatment of postmastectomy wound seromas.
Five patients who developed seromas following mastectomy with lymph node dissection were treated with aspiration of the seromas and instillation of a sclerosant solution containing tetracycline. All seromas resolved promptly without infection, flap necrosis, or recurrence. The technique is recommended for treatment of this postoperative complication.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D004487:Edema / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012597:Sclerosing Solutions / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013752:Tetracycline / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D012597:Sclerosing Solutions; D013752:Tetracycline