Effect of preoperative intravenous steroids on seroma formation after modified radical mastectomy.

Objective: To analyse the efficacy of preoperative intravenous injection of 120mg of methylprednisolone acetate steroid on the formation of seroma after modified radical mastectomy in breast cancer patients.

Method: The case-control study was conducted at Ward 3, Surgical Unit 1, Department of General Surgery, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi, from November 2020 to April 2021, and comprised female patients with biopsy-proven carcinoma of breast who were scheduled for elective definitive breast cancer surgery. The subjects were randomised into treatment group A and control group B.