Robert Whitfield MDAmerica's Breast Implant Illness Expert™

Do Drains Really Prevent Complications?

17 Aug 2026 · 0 min

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Dr. Robert Whitfield says surgical drains don't prevent seromas or hematomas in most soft-tissue procedures like breast reductions and abdominal surgeries. Data from Open Evidence AI shows no reduction in these complications with drains. They do help in specific cases, like formal lymph node dissections.

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