Lymphatic Drainage of the Breast, a Retrospective Assessment of Data

Dr. Elisabeth Würinger

Status: Completed

Conditions: Lymph Drainage of Breast

Treatments: Procedure: anatomical examination

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05064215

EK 21-102-VK

Details and patient eligibility

About

retrospective evaluation of patients, in whom blue colour was injected into different sites of the breast before breast reduction, to investigate direction and localisation of lymphatic flow. Investigations were performed at the Wilhelminenspital, Vienna, in the years 1998 to 2009.

Enrollment: 14 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 20+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria: Patients, who understood and supported the aim of the study and signed the written consent -

Exclusion Criteria: language barriers, patients, who did not understand and support the aim of the study

Trial design

14 participants in 3 patient groups

injection behind NAC

Description:

in 7 breasts dye was injected behind the nipple areola complex before breast reduction

Treatment:

Procedure: anatomical examination

Injection into lateral upper quadrant

Description:

in 5 breasts dye was injected into upper lateral glandular tissue before breast reduction

Treatment:

Procedure: anatomical examination

injection into medial upper quadrant

Description:

in 2 breasts dye was injected into upper medial glandular tissue before breast reduction

Treatment:

Procedure: anatomical examination