Comparison of complications of two kinds of apocrine pruning methods in treatment of bromhidrosis
Abstract：Objective To retrospectively analyze the postoperative complications of two kinds of apocrine pruning methods in treatment of bromhidrosis: "W"-shaped incision and "1" -shape of the axillary fold incision. Methods Total 163 cases of axillary osmidrosis who accepted apocrine sweat gland pruning treatment, from May 2011 to December 2014 were enrolled, including 84 cases treated with "W"-shaped incision (A group) and 79 cases with "1" -shape of the axillary fold incision (B group). The postoperative complications of the two kinds of incision were retrospectively analyzed. Results Three cases of hematoma after operation occurred in A group, as well as 5 cases of skin flap necrosis, 11 cases of wound dehiscence, 13 cases of local scar and 3 cases of smell residue. For group B, hematoma after operation occurred in 4 cases, necrosis of skin flap in 2 cases, wound dehiscence in 3 cases, local scar hyperplasia in 4 cases and residual odor in 4 cases. The incidence of incision dehiscence and local scar proliferation rate of the two groups had significant difference (P<0.05). Conclusion The method of apocrine sweat gland pruning with "1" shaped axillary fold incision is better than "W" shaped incision which can reduce the postoperative complications of osmidrosis operation.
Keywords：Axillary osmidrosisApocrine sweat glandsPruningComplication
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 53-55 )