Surgical resection for persistent seroma, following modified
radical mastectomy. World J Surg Oncol.
For the randomized, controlled trial initiated in 1971, 1,079 women with negative axillary nodes underwent either
radical mastectomy, total mastectomy with postoperative irradiation (but without axillary dissection), or total mastectomy with axillary dissection if nodes became positive.
Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak from November 2011 to January 2014, who underwent modified
radical mastectomy with axillary lymph node dissection were included in the study.
Comparing
radical mastectomy with quadrantectomy axillary dissection, and radiotherapy in patients with small cancers of the breast.
Why did the
radical mastectomy persist for nearly a century as the gold standard treatment when it was so devastating and so ineffective?
``I had to have a
radical mastectomy the next day,'' reveals Diane.
Half versus full suction drainage after modified
radical mastectomy for breast cancer--a prospective randomized clinical trial.
Taylor saw a woman who developed dermatitis on her right breast, abdomen, and scattered sections of her legs, face, and scalp several months after she underwent a modified
radical mastectomy for a ductal carcinoma in situ.
Sue Williams, 47, said yesterday, 'I would like people to see by looking at the month of October in the calendar, that despite having a
radical mastectomy you can still look and feel feminine.'
[1] Routinely breast surgeries including Modified
Radical Mastectomy have been performed under general anaesthesia.
In breast cancer surgery, it occurs most frequently after modified
radical mastectomy and axillary lymph node dissection (4).
Objective: To determine the efficacy of low pressure vs high vacuum suction drains after modified
radical mastectomy in terms of earlier removal and its impact on duration of hospital stay.