Status:
UNKNOWN
Do Closed Suction Drains Affect the Complications Rate of Breast Reconstruction With Silicone Prosthesis?
Lead Sponsor:
Sheba Medical Center
Conditions:
Breast Reconstruction
Eligibility:
FEMALE
18+ years
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to describe the relations between closed suction drains placement in breast reconstructions procedures with silicone prothesis to the development of local wound complicati...
Detailed Description
Breast reconstruction with silicone prosthesis can be divided into two groups: immediate and late reconstructions. The complications rates reported in the literature are around 30% for delayed reconst...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- patients that underwent immediate or late breast reconstruction with silicone prosthesis (expanders/implants)and in which closed suction drains were left in the operating field according to the decision of the operating surgeon.
- signature of informed consent form
Exclusion
- age under 18
- breast reconstruction without prosthesis
- Breast reconstruction without the use of drains
- Active infection during time of surgery in surgical site
- Coagulation disease
- Psychiatric illness
- Immune disease
- Lack of communication or language problems
- Foreign residents, not Israeli citizens
- Prisoners
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2009
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
Estimated Enrollment :
100 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00973544
Start Date
September 1 2009
Last Update
September 9 2009
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