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Axillary lymphocele after axillary dissection or sampling of sentinel lymph node in breast cancer |
Bulletin du Cancer. Volume 92, Number 2, 179-83, Février 2005, Article original
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Author(s) : Jean-Hilaire Bijek, Jean-Sébastien Aucouturier, Virginie Doridot, Toufik Ghemari, Claude Nos |
Summary : The goal of this study was to evaluate the rate of seromas after axillary dissection or sentinel lymph node biopsy.This is a prospective study based upon a series of 229 patients. Among those 229 patients, 179 had an axillary dissection and 50 had a sentinel lymph node biopsy. In the axillary dissection group, 40% of patients developped a seroma. The maximum number of aspirations needed was 8. In the sentinel lymph node group, 18% of patients developped a seroma that never recurred after a single aspiration. Seromas are still a very frequent complication after axillary dissection. The sentinel lymph node biopsy has helped to reduce the rate of axillary seroma, and the number of aspirations needed to evacuate them. |
Keywords : seromas, axillary dissection, sentinel lymph node, breast cancer |
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