Affiliation:
1. Department of General Surgery, Apollo (Main) Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Abstract
Abstract
Aims and Objectives:
There are conflicting reports about the merits of an Ultrasonic Dissector for Axillary Lymph Node Dissection (ALND) in Carcinoma breasts. Ours was a retrospective study to analyse its advantages and possible disadvantages.
Methods:
We retrospectively analyzed the data of 86 patients who underwent (ALND Level 2 and Level 3) with Ultrasonic Dissector, for Breast Cancer, in terms of intraoperative and postoperative outcomes.
Results:
There was a reduction in ALND time. ALND Level 2: 15.99 (standard deviation [SD] ±6.45) min and ALND Level 3: 21.09 (SD ± 9.25) min. Intraoperative blood loss was minimal at <25 mL, no instances of reactionary hemorrhage, wound, or flap complications.
Conclusions:
There was a reduction in operative time, incidence of seroma and postoperative pain, with no instances of reactionary hemorrhage, hematoma, wound and flap complications.