The role of tranexamic acid in breast and body contouring surgery: a review of the literature
**Background**: Postoperative seroma and haematoma are two of the most common complications follow-ing large surface area surgeries. A review of the literature was performed to evaluate evidence for the use of tranexamic acid in reducing postoperative seroma and haematoma formation in breast surgery...
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Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons
2022-03-01
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| Series: | Australasian Journal of Plastic Surgery |
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| author | Daniel Wong Tai K 'Quoc' Lam |
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| description | **Background**: Postoperative seroma and haematoma are two of the most common complications follow-ing large surface area surgeries. A review of the literature was performed to evaluate evidence for the use of tranexamic acid in reducing postoperative seroma and haematoma formation in breast surgery and body contouring surgery.
**Methods**: A literature search was performed using MEDLINE, the Cochrane Database of Systematic Review, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Ef-fect (DARE) and PubMed in English from 1 Jan 1990–30 Mar 2020. The search terms ‘TXA’, ‘breast reduction’, ‘mammaplasty’, ‘breast implants’, ‘breast implantation’, ‘breast reconstruction’, ‘mastectomy’, ‘tissue ex-pansion’, ‘body contouring’, ‘breast’ and ‘abdominoplasty’ were used alone and in combination.
**Results**: A total of six articles were found including three randomised controlled trials, two cohort studies and one retrospective study. Two ongoing trials were found on The Cochrane Central Register of Con-trolled Trials (CENTRAL). No systematic reviews were found.
**Conclusion**: Literature surrounding the use of TXA in breast and body contouring surgery is sparse com-pared to what is available in other surgical sub-specialties. The literature available shows promising results with the use of TXA in controlling haematoma, drain output and seroma formation in breast surgery and body contouring surgery with minimal morbidity in these patient groups |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cf53a685cc5b4e1fa218c8aacbae81422024-04-23T16:02:34ZengAustralian Society of Plastic SurgeonsAustralasian Journal of Plastic Surgery2209-170X2022-03-0151The role of tranexamic acid in breast and body contouring surgery: a review of the literatureDaniel WongTai K 'Quoc' Lam**Background**: Postoperative seroma and haematoma are two of the most common complications follow-ing large surface area surgeries. A review of the literature was performed to evaluate evidence for the use of tranexamic acid in reducing postoperative seroma and haematoma formation in breast surgery and body contouring surgery. **Methods**: A literature search was performed using MEDLINE, the Cochrane Database of Systematic Review, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Ef-fect (DARE) and PubMed in English from 1 Jan 1990–30 Mar 2020. The search terms ‘TXA’, ‘breast reduction’, ‘mammaplasty’, ‘breast implants’, ‘breast implantation’, ‘breast reconstruction’, ‘mastectomy’, ‘tissue ex-pansion’, ‘body contouring’, ‘breast’ and ‘abdominoplasty’ were used alone and in combination. **Results**: A total of six articles were found including three randomised controlled trials, two cohort studies and one retrospective study. Two ongoing trials were found on The Cochrane Central Register of Con-trolled Trials (CENTRAL). No systematic reviews were found. **Conclusion**: Literature surrounding the use of TXA in breast and body contouring surgery is sparse com-pared to what is available in other surgical sub-specialties. The literature available shows promising results with the use of TXA in controlling haematoma, drain output and seroma formation in breast surgery and body contouring surgery with minimal morbidity in these patient groupshttps://doi.org/10.34239/ajops.v5n1.277 |
| spellingShingle | Daniel Wong Tai K 'Quoc' Lam The role of tranexamic acid in breast and body contouring surgery: a review of the literature Australasian Journal of Plastic Surgery |
| title | The role of tranexamic acid in breast and body contouring surgery: a review of the literature |
| title_full | The role of tranexamic acid in breast and body contouring surgery: a review of the literature |
| title_fullStr | The role of tranexamic acid in breast and body contouring surgery: a review of the literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | The role of tranexamic acid in breast and body contouring surgery: a review of the literature |
| title_short | The role of tranexamic acid in breast and body contouring surgery: a review of the literature |
| title_sort | role of tranexamic acid in breast and body contouring surgery a review of the literature |
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