title: Breast reduction mammaplasty. Shall we drain?
abstract: A prospective study of 35 consecutive patients who underwent breast reduction mammaplasty using the vertical scar technique was conducted to evaluate the safety of closed suction drainage omission following such a surgery. The mean age of the patients was 36.6 years and the mean resected weight per breast was 580 gr. There were two haematomas in this series, and no haematoma-related complication. These results are comparable with previously published series of breast reduction surgery using closed drainage, suggesting as reported in other works, that the absence of drains does not adversely affect postoperative recovery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Clinique L. Caty, Baudour, Belgium. Vandeweyere@skynet.be
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vandeweyer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001530:Belgium; D001940:Breast / Q000601:surgery*; D004954:Esthetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011446:Prospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013396:Suction; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology