Efficacy of Fibrin Glue on Seroma Formation after Breast Surgery

Table 3

Comparison of tumor grade, pathology, days to seroma resolution, seroma aspirate volume, and complications for the drain and fibrin glue groups.

Parameter	Drain		Fibrin glue		𝑃 value
	Number	Value	Number	Value
Total number of patients	29	—	31	—	—
Tumor grade
1	4 (13.8%)	—	5 (16.1%)	—	—
2	10 (34.5%)	—	15 (48.39%)	—	—
3	14 (48.3%)	—	11 (35.5%)	—	—
4	1 (3.4%)	—	0 (0.0)	—	0.623
Tumor pathology
Invasive ductal carcinoma	15 (51.7%)	—	18 (58.1%)	—	—
Infiltrating ductal carcinoma	14 (48.3%)	—	13 (41.9%)	—	0.531
Complications
Infection	1 (3.4%)	—	2 (6.4%)	—	0.785
Flap necrosis	0	—	0	—	—
Hematoma	2 (6.9%)	—	2 (6.4%)	—	0.765
Open wound	0	—	0	—	—
Seroma	7 (24.1%)	—	5 (16.1%)	—	0.43
Day seroma resolved^◆	—	18 ± 8.6	—	17 ± 8.9	0.0968
Aspirate volume (mL)^◆	—	210	—	110	0.0015

^◆Mean ± SD.