A prospective, randomized-controlled pilot study comparing closed suction versus negative pressure drains for panniculectomy patients

J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2018 Mar;71(3):438-439. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2017.11.013. Epub 2017 Nov 28.

Authors

Marc E Walker¹, Cynthia Tsay², P Niclas Broer², Victor Z Zhu², Tracy Sturrock², Reuben Ng³, Leslie M Scoutt⁴, J Grant Thomson², Stephanie L Kwei²

Affiliations

¹ Section of Plastic Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. Electronic address: marc.walker@yale.edu.
² Section of Plastic Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
³ Division of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA.
⁴ Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.

PMID: 29289501
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2017.11.013

No abstract available

Publication types

Comparative Study
Letter
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Abdominoplasty*
Adult
Aged
Drainage / methods*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pilot Projects
Postoperative Complications / prevention & control*
Prospective Studies
Seroma / prevention & control*
Suction / methods*
Treatment Outcome

Associated data

ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT02147288