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.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
118
Medical University of Graz
Graz, Styria, Austria
daily drainage volume during hospitalization
The daily drainage amount durin hospital stay
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
total drainage volume during hospitalization
The total drainage amount during hospital stay
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
time-to-drain removal
The timepoint when the drain was removed
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
evacuation of seroma after drain removal
If evacuation of seroma after drain removal was needed
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
demographic data - age
age
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
demographic data - sex
sex
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
demographic data - BMI
body mass index (BMI)
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
demographic data - smoking
smoking
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
demographic data - Diabetes mellitus
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diabetes mellitus
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
demographic data - allergies
allergies
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
intraoperative parameters
surgical procedure time
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
intraoperative parameters - site
site
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
Amount of histologically analyzed lymph nodes
The amount lymph nodes found at histological analysis
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
Surgical complications
graded by the Clavien-Dindo-classification ( 1:normal postoperative cause without need of pharmacological treatment ; 2: pharmacological treatment ; 3: surgical, endoscooic or radiological treatment; 4: live-threating complications; 5: Death
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year