Within-patient randomized clinical trial comparing incisional negative-pressure wound therapy with suction drains in gender-affirming mastectomies.

Floyd W TimmermansS E MokkenJ M SmitP R ZwanenburgN van HoutM B BoumanE MiddelkoopM G Mullender

Published in: The British journal of surgery (2021)

Substituting short-term suction drains with iNPWT in gender-affirming mastectomies increased the seroma rates and did not decrease the amount of wound healing complications. Registration number: NTR7412 (Netherlands Trial Register).

Keyphrases

wound healing
mental health
surgical site infection
case report
study protocol
clinical trial
phase iii
risk factors
phase ii
randomized controlled trial
open label
replacement therapy