STUDY: Postoperative Seroma Formation in Breast Reconstruction With Latissimus Dorsi Flaps: A Retros * breastimplantawareness.blogspot . com
Postoperative Seroma Formation in Breast Reconstruction With
Latissimus Dorsi Flaps: A Retrospective Study of 174 Consecutive
Cases.
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Koichi Tomita, MD; Kenji Yano, MD, PhD; Takeshi Masuoka, MD; Ken
Matsuda, MD, PhD; Akiyoshi Takada, MD; Ko Hosokawa, MD, PhD
A consecutive series of 174 latissimus breast reconstructions
demonstrated donor-site seroma formation in 21%. Higher rates of
seroma were associated with obesity, advanced age, and increased
aggressiveness of ablative surgery.