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I had surgery a few days ago, a re excision to remove the margin of a phyllodes tumor. do surgeons generally reopen last excision or make it bigger?
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They make it bigger: Re-excision means wider margins.
Answered 9/20/2013
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More tissue: Basically more tissue at the periphery needed to be excised to remove residual abnormal tissue.
Answered 11/26/2013
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Depends: We try to utilize the same incision, but sometimes more tissue needs to be removed and that requires an extension of the incision.
Answered 2/23/2014
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