The composition of serous fluid after axillary dissection
| Autor: | Jorien Bonnema, Theo Wiggers, David A. Ligtenstein, Albert N. van Geel |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Surgery |
| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Axillary Lymph Node Dissection Breast Neoplasms Dissection (medical) Modified Radical Mastectomy medicine.disease Surgery Body Fluids Serous fluid medicine.anatomical_structure Mastectomy Modified Radical Epidermoid carcinoma Axilla Medicine Humans Lymph Node Excision Female Lymph business Lymph node Peripheral lymph |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Surgery, 165(1), 9-13. John Wiley & Sons Ltd. |
| ISSN: | 1365-2168 0007-1323 1102-4151 |
| Popis: | Objective: To analyse the composition of the serous fluid formed after axillary dissection Design: Descriptive study Setting: University hospital and teaching hospital, The Netherlands Subjects: 16 patients whose axillas were dissected as part of a modified radical mastectomy for stage I or II breast cancer Main outcome measures:Chemical and cellular composition of axillary drainage fluid on the first, fifth, and tenth postoperative days compared with the same constituents in blood and with reported data on the composition of peripheral lymph. Results and conclusion:On the first postoperative day the drainage fluid contained blood contents and a high concentration of creatine phosphokinase (CPK). After day one it changed to a peripheral lymph-like fluid but containing different cells, more protein, and no fibrinogen, making coagulation impossible. The reduction in the fluid production must be caused by other wound healing processes, such as formation of scars and connective tissue. |
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