The paper deals with drainage-free management of disease and therapy after radical surgery for breast cancer. The data on the immediate results of surgery were assessed in 168 patients. Suture of a skin flap to the thoracic wall closed a gap in axillary area while ultrasound monitoring of the wound and aspiration of fluid made keeping track of postoperative recovery possible. Wound complications were registered in 51 patients (30.4%) serotoma--35 (20.8%).

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