title: The use of sclerotherapy for treatment of postmastectomy wound seromas.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D012597:Sclerosing Solutions; D013752:Tetracycline