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Seroma at the Donor Site of the TRAM Flap, With or Without Quilting Suture: A Comparative Study Using Ultrasound

NCT01358786 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 48

Last updated 2011-05-26

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Patient undergoing breast reconstruction with lower abdominal flap, benefit when points are used for membership (between the aponeurosis of the abdominal flap and underlying muscles) for closing the donor area, where there is reduced incidence of complications.

Conditions

  • Seroma

Interventions

PROCEDURE

quilting suture

* quilting sutures and drains * quilting sutures but no drains

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Federal University of São Paulo

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • luis Rossetto, MD · Graduate Program in Plastic Surgery, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal de São PaConception and design of the study, drafting the article, revising it critically for important intellectual content, and final approval of the version to be submitted.

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-04-30
Primary Completion
2010-10-31
Completion
2010-10-31

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