METHOD OF IMPROVING LYMPH OUTFLOW IN POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD AFTER LYMPHADENECTOMY Russian patent published in 2020 - IPC A61B17/00 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medicine, namely to surgery, and can be used, in particular, in oncology after axillary lymphadenectomy. Drain tube is intraoperatively inserted into the axillary region. In addition, an axillary region is used to install and fix a spherical, elastic, hermetically sealed can of water with volume of 100–150 cm³. In order to prevent adhesion to the wound suture, the balloon is isolated by means of a tissue dressing or plaster and fixed.

EFFECT: method provides hold-down pressure to the postoperative bed uniformly, improvement of lymph outflow, allowing to reduce length of lymphorrhea after axillary lymphadenectomy, promotes earlier removal of drainage, allows to prevent risk of wound complications due to elastic properties of a balloon, influence on all postoperative field.

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