Suction Drain in Axillary Lymph Node Dissection for Malignant Melanoma

Medical University of Graz

Status: Completed

Conditions: Malignant Melanoma

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04648163

29-607

Details and patient eligibility

About

Postoperative complications like seroma formation and wound site infection readily occur following completion axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) for malignant melanoma. We analyzed the impact of time-to-drain removal and drainage volume on seroma formation after ALND.

Enrollment: 118 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• histologically confirmed malignant melanoma
• underwent axillary lymph node dissection (level I-III)
• daily drainage volume records over a two-week period available

Exclusion criteria

• daily drainage volume records over a two-week period not available