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Drainage After Failed Breast Reconstruction
asked 1 year ago by Country Mouse in Austin, TX
Latest answer by Leif Liu Rogers, MD
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Tags: drainage, failure
I experienced a partial failure of a DIEP reconstruction. After chemo, I underwent a fat graft to fill out the breast. However, my surgeon found and removed a large seroma during that process. I had another round of fat grafts about 5 weeks later. The seroma had returned, but this time my surgeon left it. About a month after the second round of fat grafts, two spots opened on my incision. Four weeks later, one is still draining heavily. How long should I expect the drainage to continue?
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