Seroma or Normal Swelling 15 Weeks After Tummy Tuck?

My wife and I learned is that even busy, well trained cosmetic surgens are unfamiliar with how to treat abdominal seromas developing after a tummy tuck that result in the unexplained collection of fluids. When it became obvious that a seroma had formed: (lay back and push on one side of the swelling, you will see a wave like ripple - like an old fashioned water bed.) Initially the Dr aspirated with a syringe & needle in her office. It kinda worked but there was still a lot of fluid that she could not get to without risking damaging something else as she moved the needle around. Within 10 days the size of the seroma was obviously bigger. So she referred my wife to the radiologists at the local clinic who work in breast imaging department. First a radiologist technician did a full ultrasound mapping of the size and thickness of the seroma bursa. Soon after that, the radiologist located the seroma via ultrasound and under sterile conditions, used a needle attached to a bottle under vacuum to drain the seroma throughly. Because I had done lay research, I asked this radiologist if they would consider inserting a surgical drain or or injecting a sclerosing agent to "rough up" the sided of the pouch, she said no. In the breast imaging center, none of the radiologist would do anything except the aspiration - which they did on breasts 99% of the time. An abdominal seroma was novel to the entire team. My wife had 7 of these aspirations and of course it was designated as a chronic seroma. As my wife was scheduled to have the seroma bursa removed surgically by the cosmetic surgeon, she got very uncomfortable and needed to have the seroma aspirated one more time. For whatever reason, the medical clinic policy changed for all non-breast ultrasound aspirations would be done in a different specialty and by an "Interventional Radiologist" - in our case, he worked out of the chronic wound department. This interventional radiologist was amazing to us. As soon as he saw my wife's seroma he asked why a surgical drain had not been placed previously and if anyone had recommended injecting a sclerosing fluid. Wow, if we had been working with this radiologist from the beginning, it is very likely that the seroma could have been healed & sealed before it went chronic. Because our seroma had become so large & thick, even when freshly aspirated, we simply had it drained and the surgical removal happened 10 days later. Long story to observe (as a layman, not a Dr) that unexplained swelling / pouching should be watched by the surgen and from what I have learned, an exploratory (non-invasive) ultrasound is the best way to know if a seroma exists and its size/depth/thickness. Hope this helps someone.