Breast cancer is one of the most common cancer among women nowadays. There are lots of modality of treatment and one of them is Mastectomy. We found out that seroma is one of the disturbing postoperative complications after mastectomy. In our study we want to compare the outcome between using the conventional electrocautery and the low thermal tissue dissection. We expected that the serum production should be lower in cases using low thermal system electrosurgery system.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DEVICE_FEASIBILITY
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
60
PEAK Plasmablade
Conventional Electrocautery
Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital
Bangkok, Thailand
RECRUITINGDrainage volume after surgery
Drainage volume detected after surgery which is measured in drainage container and measured by syringe gauge aspiration
Time frame: Up to 24 weeks
Post operative Pain
Post-operative Pain measured using 0-10 Numeric pain scale
Time frame: Up to 24 weeks
Patient's Hospital costs
Expenses that the patient has to pay while staying in the hospital
Time frame: up to 1 week
Wound infection
Wound infection after surgery
Time frame: Up to 24 weeks
Suebwong Chuthapisith
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