Effectiveness of an absorbable fibrin sealant patch to reduce lymphoceles formation after axillary lymphadenectomy for breast cancer: a matched-pair analysis

Autor: Irene Gomez-Luque, Pilar Rioja-Torres, Rubén Ciria-Bru, Sebastián Rufián-Peña, Elena Navarro-Rodríguez, Javier Briceño-Delgado, Juan Ruiz-Rabelo, Marina Álvarez-Benito, Guillermo Bascuñana-Estudillo, Nélida Díaz-Jiménez
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: The American Journal of Surgery. 208:824-830
ISSN: 0002-9610
Popis: This study evaluated the use of TachoSil as an adjunctive therapy for reducing axillary lymphocele formation.Eighty-six patients diagnosed with breast cancer N+ and treated with axillary lymphadenectomy received a TachoSil patch in the axillary wound. Using a database of patients without placing a hemostatic patch, we applied a matched case-control in a 1-to-2 fashion. Multiple and logistic regression analyses were used to evaluate postoperative results.Patient group with TachoSil showed a significantly lower drainage volume (P.001) and the length of stay was significantly shorter (P.001). The number of patients with evacuative punctures was 24.5% in the group with patch versus 51.2% in the control group (P.001). In multivariate analysis, the use of TachoSil was a significant predictor of reducing axillary drainage volume (P .001), mean length of hospital stay (P = .001), and number of evacuative punctures of lymphocele (odds ratio .264, 95% confidence interval .144 to .484, P.001).The use of TachoSil in axillary lymphadenectomy may be a safe and useful treatment option for reducing axillary drainage volume, incidence of symptomatic lymphocele, and hospital stay.
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