Effect of Mastectomy Flap Fixation on Post-operative Fluid Drainage and Seroma Formation in Breast Cancer Patients A Double-blinded Randomised Control Trial.

<b> Introduction:</b> Post-operative seroma formation is one of the most common complications following modified radical mastectomy (MRM). Quilting is a technique where the mastectomy flaps are sutured to the underlying chest wall muscles with sutures, obliterating the dead space. The authors hypothesised that post-mastectomy dead space obliteration by intermittent mastectomy flap fixation leads to decreased drain output and seroma formation.