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Drain vs no drain after breast cancer surgery

Conventional closure with drain vs quilting after surgery for breast cancer , a randomised control trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2023/09/057880
Enrollment
37
Registered
2023-09-20
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2023-10-16

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical

Interventions

Intervention1: QUILTING SUTURE: for quilting suture, the skin flaps were sutured to the underlying pectoralis major with 10–12 stitches in one row 1–2?cm away from the medial and inferior border of th
the second drain was inserted beneath the flaps near the medial and inferior border of the dead space at the pectoral area
and this drain was connected to the drain of axillary area subcutaneously. This pectoro-axillary drain converged and went through the lower lateral edge of skin graft and then connected to a sealed su

Sponsors

Dr nishant magu
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: PATEINTS UNDERGOING DEFINITIVE SURGERY FOR BREAST CANCER WITH SELECTIVE OR COM[PLETE AXILLARY DISSECTION

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: PATIENTS WITH CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDER PATIENTS WITH IMMEDIATE BREAST RECONSTRUCTION SURGERY PATIENTS NOT WILLING TO FOLLOW UP PATIENTS NOT IN AGE BRACKET

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
TO COMPARE SEROMA FORMATION IN PATIENTS WITH DRAIN AND WITHOUT DRAINTimepoint: TO COMPARE SEROMA FORMATION IN PATIENTS WITH DRAIN AND WITHOUT DRAIN

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
TO CHECK FOR PAIN TO CHECK FOR COSMESIS TO CHECK FOR REDUCTION IN SSI TO CHECK FOR RDUCED HOSPITAL STAY TO CHECK FOR PATIENT COMFORTTimepoint: 21 DAYS

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr nishant magu

Mgm medical college and hospital , Aurangabad

navinkasliwal@gmail.com9370353555

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026