Evaluating HEmopatch® in Reducing Seroma-Related Complications following Axillary Lymph Node DIssection: A Pilot Study (HEIDI).

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) is performed to treat locoregional metastatic disease in breast cancer and melanoma patients. However, it is notorious for its complications, most commonly seroma formation and its sequelae. Ample research has been done to evaluate seroma formation after ALND; these results, however, have not been conclusive. Hence, this pilot study aimed to evaluate a readily available haemostatic patch, Hemopatch®, to assess its effect on seroma formation following ALND.

Methods

In this pilot study, a prospective cohort of 20 patients receiving Hemopatch® following ALND was compared to a retrospective cohort of patients who underwent ALND between 2014 and 2019. The primary outcome measure was the number of patients developing clinically signifi

SUBMITTER: Spiekerman van Weezelenburg MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9801401 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature