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Is the surgery they perform to remove a fatty tumor an outpatient or inpatient?
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Outpatient: If you are describing surgery to remove a subcutaneous lipona, or fatty growth, it can be a minor office surgery or outpatient procedure.
Answered 9/28/2016
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??: If you are referring to removing a fatty tumor / lipoma under the skin, it is usually an outpatient surgery.
Answered 9/1/2014
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