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Breastsx- would you remove a benign breast mass that was larger than a golf ball under local anesthesia?

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Dr. Louis Gallia answered

Specializes in Surgery - Oral & Maxillofacial

Depends.: It's possible. Make sure your surgeon is a board certified general surgeon with extensive experience in breast surgery. A biopsy should have been already done and show benign disease.

Dr Ali agreed

Answered 3/14/2015

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A member asked:

Breastsx- would you remove a benign breast mass that was larger than a golf ball under local anesthesia?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Louis Gallia answered

Dr Ali agreed

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