Seroma after mastectomy is the most common post operative complication. Many women who have a mastectomy operation have problems with seroma afterwards.

Seroma is not a serious long term complication after mastectomy but the discomfort caused and the constant visits back to hospital for seroma draining or seroma aspiration can be very tiring.

This page presents the collected postings about seroma and seroma treatment from the main Beating Breast Cancer blog site. You'll find a mixture of personal reflections about seroma and some more medically based commentary about the seroma formation after mastectomy

What is a Seroma
This post describes the problem of seroma after mastectomy in very simple terms. Find out why seromas arise and what the best method of seroma treatment is.

Seroma Fluid After Mastectomy
Like many women, Marjory needed several visits back to hospital to drain the seroma fluid from her breast area after her mastectomy operation.

Seroma Treatment
How many times does a seroma need drained before the breast fluid stops filling up again?

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