Arnica Montana and Bellis Perennis for Prevention of Seroma After Mastectomy

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2018-04-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

Arnica montana and Bellis perennis for Prevention of Seroma Following Mastectomy.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Shaare Zedek Medical Center

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Female patients, aged over 18 years.

• Patients underwent mastectomy, either for breast cancer or for risk reduction, followed by immediate breast reconstruction.

• All subjects signed informed consent forms. -

Exclusion Criteria:

• Conditions which could affect wound-healing

• Coagulation problems (autoimmune and hematological diseases, etc.)

• Medication which affects the immunological or hematological system (steroids, anticoagulants, chemotherapeutic agents, etc.)

• Unbalanced background diseases.

• Active smokers were instructed to stop smoking at least three weeks prior to surgery and a month postoperatively.