Reduction in drainage with the use of a lower temperature device in nipple sparing mastectomy

Aim: Postoperative complications in mastectomy and reconstruction procedures may be attributed to the electrosurgical dissection devices used. The outcomes a lower temperature dissecting device (LD) and a bipolar scissors (BPS) in bilateral nipple sparing mastectomy and immediate direct-to-implant (DTI) reconstruction were studied. Materials and methods: Twenty female patients (mean age 40.7 ± 9.9 years, BMI: 26 ± 6 kg/m2) undergoing prophylactic and/or therapeutic bilateral nipple sparing mastectomy followed by reconstructive surgery with DTI were included. Skin incision and mastectomy was performed with either…