Breast Reconstruction: Seromas Evaluation and Treatment
We looked at the pre and post-operative assessment of seromas after breast reconstruction in a previous blog and video. Here, Drs. Minas Chrysopoulo and Ramon Garza III of PRMA in San Antonio explain to the viewer how to evaluate and treat a seroma if it occurs after breast reconstruction. Seromas form because of your body’s natural healing processes. Think of a wound you get on the outside of your body. The body produces fluid as part of the healing process. You see fluid as with a scraped knee or a burn. Imagine the wound on the inside of your body that forms because of surgery. Your body is going to produce fluid internally due to the trauma of surgery. This fluid must be managed. Dr. C, as his patients refer to him, explains a seroma can happen anywhere someone has surgery. In breast reconstruction this can be in the breast Continue Reading →