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Postoperative Compression After Breast Augmentation

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In a randomized study of 130 patients undergoing breast augmentation, postoperative compression did not reduce the frequency of postoperative bruising or hematoma formation, and 37.5% of the 64 patients having compression had complaints regarding their use. Postoperative compression is of no value after breast augmentation.

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    Bassem Nathan & Shiva Singh

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Nathan, B., Singh, S. Postoperative Compression After Breast Augmentation. Aesth. Plast. Surg. 25, 290–291 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002660010139

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