ABSTRACT
Objective Observe the clinical effect of the controllable airbag elastic chest strap after the breast cancer operation,studying the clinical value of the controllable airbag elastic chest strap.Methods Between May.2009 and Oct.2012,71 women having surgery for breast cancer at The Affiliated Second Hospital of Nan Hua University Oncology Center.They were to receive either a common thoracic girdle compressed binding(n =35),or the controllable airbag elastic chest strap compressed binding (n =36) at the postoperation.The following complications were evaluated:the incidence of seroma formation and duration,the incidence of skin flap swelling,and the dressing time.Results Thirty-five patients with common thoracic girdle is 14 cases of subcutaneous effusion,fluid rate was 40.0％,the effusion duration 7 to 31 days,an average of 17.6 ±7.3 days,15 cases with skin redness (disc),swelling rate is 42.9％,the average treatment time 18.7 ±3.5 minutes; With the controllable airbag elastic chest strap group of six cases of subcutaneous effusion,fluid rate was 16.7％,the duration of effusion 5-14days,an average of 10.5 ± 3.9 days,skin redness (disc),swelling rate is 13.9％,the average treatment time 12.2 ± 2.4 minutes.Conclusions The controllable airbag elastic chest strap can reduce subcutaneous effusion,reduce skin flapswelling,saving the treatment time,is worth promoting in the clinical medical supplies.