THE EVOLUTION OF BREAST SURGERY PATIENTS IN THE USE OF ASPIRATIVE DRAINS

• Main Authors: Luciana Puchalski Kalinke (Author), Kátia Renata Antunes Kochla (Author), Liliana Maria Labronici (Author), Thais Lima (Author), Angelita Visentin (Author), Ricardo Testoni (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Federal do Paraná, 2011-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This exploratory, descriptive study aimed to identify the principal difficulties which patients experienced in handling the aspiration drainage system at home. The study was carried out in an oncology reference hospital in the city of Curitiba, Brazil, between September and November 2008, with 43 pa...