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Why is it that surgeons cut across the breast area when doing a mastectomy?
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Transverse incision: is more popular than oblique (cut) it is more cosmetically better accepted by woman , can wear low cut dress with out showing the scar , will make breast reconstruction easy , will have less tension so less pain and heals better
Answered 5/18/2014
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