Analysis of Removal of Drains and Discharge of Breast Cancer Surgery Patients in Pakistan

摘要

Introduction: Breast cancer is a socially relevant group of malignant conditions of the mammary gland, affectingboth males and females, showing a tendency for development after the third decade and increasing its incidence withage, peaking in the fourth and fifth decade. Aims and objectives: The basic aim of the study is to analyze the removalof drains and discharge of breast cancer surgery patients in Pakistan. Material and methods: This prospective studywas conducted in Mayo Hospital, Lahore during October 2019 to January 2020. This study was done with thepermission of ethical committee of hospital and patients. This study included those breast cancer female patients whowere at stage I and II of breast cancer. Patients were excluded if they had received preoperative radiotherapy orchemotherapy, were at high risk of complications. The age range for this study analysis was 40 to 50 years. Results:The data was collected from 100 breast cancer patients with long and short duration of stay in the hospital. The twogroups were comparable in tumour stage, type of treatment, age, marital status, family income, and educational level.Women in the short stay group were in hospital a median of 4 day and women in the long stay group had a medianlength of stay of 9 days. There were no significant differences between short stay and long stay patients in drainagevolume or duration of drainage, but the mean number of aspirations required per patient was higher in the long staygroup (P=0.04). Conclusion: It is concluded that there is no difference in seroma after breast cancer surgery betweenpatients that had postoperative drainage and patients that had no postoperative drainage. So, if we want to use suctiondrains then it is safe to remove these drains after 2 to 3 days.