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Lipoma removal
Lipomas are benign tumor that consist primarily of fatty tissue with varying amounts of fibrous connective tissue. They can be solitary or multiple, and may run in families. Small lipomas of the skin are removed as an office procedure under local. Larger lipomas or lipomas located deep may require anesthesia and a more formal surgical setting.
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What is the definition or description of: lipoma removal?
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Can I ask to be sedated during lipoma removal?
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What're the dangers associated with a lipoma removal surgery?
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What's the best option for minimum scarring multiple lipoma removal?
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I would like to know more about lipoma removal? What are the risks involved?
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A 46-year old male asked:
today someone slapped me on the back kind of hard, directly on a wound (with stitches) from a lipoma removal I had yesterday. should I be worried?
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What can I use to treat lipoma removal pain after surgery?
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How long does the scar from a lipoma removal take to heal?
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What type of anesthesia will be used for lipoma removal in the left axillary?
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A 41-year old male asked:
After deep lipoma removal from lower back would it be necessary for jp drains?
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A 30-year old female asked:
Can I get insurance to cover multiple lipoma removal? I found 76, 9 bother me enough for removal due to size I bump them & have occ. Nerve pain.
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A 35-year old asked:
Freaked out after seeing lipoma removal. Can I get rid of them with weight loss?
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A 61-year old female asked:
After lipoma removal l have numbness over the top of head ...L have been told l have superorbital palsy...Will it recover?
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A male asked:
Two months ago I had a lipoma removal on my forehead.It now looks and feels larger than before.I can move it around under the skin like previously.
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A 20-year old asked:
Do I have to have the lipoma on my arm removed of its growing and how is the removal preformed step by step?
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A 30-year old female asked:
I had a removal of abnormal tissue growth on my upper back. The surgeon said that it contained some fat and that the surrounding area showed a lot of tension hence I had a lot of pain. He said that it's a lipoma and it was not tested, this worries me?
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A 32-year old female asked:
32 yo fmale, since removal of a lipoma in march I have had a discharge clear to milky from both breast, cure or explanations?
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6 yrs ago abdominal lipoma. Vertical cut-3 hernia surgeries after last surg.Placed mesh and last wk much discomfort. Whats next? Following the removal of my abdominal tumor, i developed a hernia 3 months later- had laproscopic hernia repair. Few months la
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A 45-year old female asked about a 36-year old male:
How long should the testicle be hard and swollen and inguinal hernia repair and removal of a cord lipoma? Little to no pain just hard and swollen.
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A 40-year old female asked:
Had laproscopic removal of gallbladder and multiple lipomas in abdomen, 3day post OP,bright red raised rash, that are oozing. No response to Benadryl (diphenhydramine) ?
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A 36-year old asked:
How to cure multiple lipoma?
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Are lipomas hard and painful?
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Can lipomas disappear on it's own?
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Can lipomas disappear on their own?
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What does a lipoma look and feel like?
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A 46-year old asked:
I was wondering are lipomas usually hard?
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A 32-year old male asked:
Why there is only little research on lipoma?
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A 38-year old asked:
What to do if I have several of lipomas but?
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A 24-year old female asked:
What are possible causes of multiple lipomas?
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What is the definition or description of: Lipoma?
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