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Hi doctors, was just wondering what is a bi-lateral mastectomy?
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Surgery: Removal of both breasts in male or female. Simple is breast tissue. Radical is more surgery with muscle and more nodes. Usually done for malignancy.
Answered 7/3/2014
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Surgical removal of: both right and left breasts. If it is done for invasive cancer, it is usually accompanied by a lymph node dissection, and it would be called a modified radical mastectomy. On a male patient, it should not cause a significant defect.
Answered 8/19/2014
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