Implementation {16c}
breast cancer
BREAST CANCER
Before the start of the study, the lead investigator visits each hospital to inform the professionals involved with breast cancer at the outpatient clinic of the department of surgery of participating hospitals. Implementation of quilting is monitored in each hospital, after randomisation quilting becomes standard practice and all patients undergoing mastectomy and/or axillary lymph node dissection will be quilted, including those individuals who decide not to participate in the study. The quilting technique is a straightforward technique and will be demonstrated and instructed to surgeons by video instructions. On request, surgeons are welcome to join a quilting procedure at the Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital and on site teaching can be provided by an experienced breast surgeon.