Peer-reviewedLicence not statedBMJ Open2 Nov 2026

Comparison of ‘quilting sutures’ with ‘conventional sutures and drain placement’ after mastectomy: protocol for the BE-Quilt – a multicentre, pragmatic randomised controlled trial

Suzanna De Winter¹
Anaïs Brouckaert¹
Kathleen Lambein¹
Luna De Sutter¹
Annouschka Laenen²
Ines Nevelsteen¹
Hanne Vos¹
Ann Smeets¹

¹Department of Surgical Oncology, KU Leuven University Hospitals Leuven Gasthuisberg Campus, Leuven, Belgium
²Leuven Biostatistics and Statistical Bioinformatics Centre, Leuven, Belgium

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@article{winter2026comparison,
  title = {{Comparison of ‘quilting sutures’ with ‘conventional sutures and drain placement’ after mastectomy: protocol for the BE-Quilt – a multicentre, pragmatic randomised controlled trial}},
  author = {Suzanna De Winter and Anaïs Brouckaert and Kathleen Lambein and Luna De Sutter and Annouschka Laenen and Ines Nevelsteen and Hanne Vos and Ann Smeets},
  journal = {BMJ Open},
  year = {2026},
  month = nov,
  doi = {10.1136/bmjopen-2026-118449},
  url = {https://bmjopen.bmj.com/lookup/doi/10.1136/bmjopen-2026-118449},
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Comparison of ‘quilting sutures’ with ‘conventional sutures and drain placement’ after mastectomy: protocol for the BE-Quilt – a multicentre, pragmatic randomised controlled trial
AU  - Suzanna De Winter
AU  - Anaïs Brouckaert
AU  - Kathleen Lambein
AU  - Luna De Sutter
AU  - Annouschka Laenen
AU  - Ines Nevelsteen
AU  - Hanne Vos
AU  - Ann Smeets
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/11/02
JO  - BMJ Open
DO  - 10.1136/bmjopen-2026-118449
UR  - https://bmjopen.bmj.com/lookup/doi/10.1136/bmjopen-2026-118449
SN  - 2044-6055
SN  - 2044-6055
ER  -

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