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postoperative pain, seroma, breast cancer
SEROMA, COMPLICATIONS, BREAST CANCER
The objective is to report whether implementation of quilting in breast cancer surgery improves textbook outcome. Data is collected on the incidence of seroma and other postoperative complications, postoperative pain, shoulder function and health care consumption.We hypothesize that implementation of quilting in breast cancer patients undergoing mastectomy and/or an axillary lymph node dissection increases textbook outcome. We expect incidences of seroma and other postoperative wound complications to decrease, with the same cosmetic outcome and without an increase in postoperative pain or impairing shoulder function. Moreover we hypothesize health care costs to reduce as a result of quilting.