From:
"Sukie Crandall"
Date: 2008-03-02 19:47:52 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Seromas
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Since i asked about seromas and if having had them before
would mean an individual is more likely to have them again,
I figured I'd tell you the little I have learned, but know that
almost all of it is from humans.
They tend to occur quite a bit with breast surgery or abdominal
surgery and are due to leakage from blood vessels that were
damaged as a normal part of the surgery.
In humans they usually happen about 7 to days after surgery;
in Whizbang I think it was a bit more on the early side.
In humans they tend to occur more often after breast surgery
or abdominal liposuction; some types of absorbable netting
needed for major abdominal surgery might increase the rate
but is considered a reasonable trade-off when there is
abdominal infection or feces in the cavity due to injury.
Usually the fluid is just withdrawn by needle until the body is
able to reabsorb it.
I did not find any studies on seroma and albinos to see if
they are any more inclined to develop them.
Given the locations are they more common near the ancestral nipple
line, or is it just that nearby are common places to cut? The nipple
line begins in the arm pits and curves over through where we
humans usually have nipples, then extends down the abdomen in
a line on each side of the center (the line along which ferrets have
nipples). Those are the locations where nipples can occur, and often
also more sweat glands, depending on the species. Of course,
mammary glands may have arisen as modified sweat glands.
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