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Can i wear underwear during chest surgery? since it is nowhere near down there will they allow it?
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Chest surgery: It is not a good idea. Usually a urine catheter will be placed prior to surgery. Also, the sterile field prepared for surgery is much wider than the chest incision.
Answered 11/3/2016
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No: Not in any operating room I have ever been in.
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