Clinical Trial: A Study for Lymphocele and Lymphorrhea Control Following Inguinal and Axillary Radical Lymph Node Dissection

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional




Official Title: A Randomized Control Trial for Lymphocele and Lymphorrhea Control Following Inguinal and Axillary Radical Lymph Node Dissection

Brief Summary: Patients undergoing groin or axillary Radical lymph node dissection (RLND) or completion lymph node dissection (CLND, after positive sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) for melanoma or breast cancer were randomized in a controlled trial for surgical dissection technique. Harmonic scalpel dissection were compared with classic dissection in term of lymphocoele and oedema.