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Clinical Trial
. 1991 Sep;73(5):303-4.

Wound compression pads are of no value after local anaesthetic breast biopsy

A J Johnstone  1 , A M Thompson, M Charles, T G John, J M Dixon
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Clinical Trial

Wound compression pads are of no value after local anaesthetic breast biopsy

A J Johnstone et al. Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 1991 Sep.

Abstract

In a randomised study of 120 patients undergoing breast biopsy, wound compression pads did not reduce the frequency of postoperative bruising or haematoma formation, and 12% of the 62 patients having pads had complaints regarding their use. Wound compression pads are of no value after local anaesthetic breast biopsy.

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