title: [The role of continuous vacuum sealing drainage in the prevention of lymph leakage after inguinal lymph nodes dissection].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the clinical application of the vacuum-sealing drainage (VSD) in the prevention of lymph leakage after inguinal lymphadenectomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  From September 2003 to September 2013, 60 cases who underwent inguinal lymph nodes dissection received VSD (n = 30), or traditional pressure dressing and drainage( control group, n = 30) after operation. The flap blood supply, healing process and incidence rate of lymph leakage were observed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twenty-eight cases in VSD group were effective. Eleven cases were cured, ten cases were effective, and nine cases were invalid in control group. The cure rate, effective rate and healing period were significantly different between the two groups (P < 0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The incidence of lymph leakage after inguinal lymphadenectomy can markedly decrease with VSD application. VSD could be an ideal preventive method for post-operative lymph leakage.
authors.forename: Wang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kai
authors.forename: Wang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Minggang
authors.forename: Zhao
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liping
authors.forename: Zhong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xiaohong
authors.forename: Chu
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yanjun
authors.forename: Xiaoyang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Du
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006119:Groin / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008198:Lymph Nodes; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D054843:Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D055815:Young Adult