A seroma is a fluid collection that collects following surgery, trauma, or other causes. The lymphatic system in the body is able to absorb a small seroma. Larger seromas will require aspiration and rarely open drainage. Seromas usually occur in procedures requiring wide undermining (e.g abdominoplasty).
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