THE increasing use of Pentothal Sodium as an important anesthetic agent during major surgical procedures is well attested in the current literature on methods of anesthesia. That its optimal ...
ON a number of occasions when a patient has been told that she would have to have her breast removed she has asked if that meant loss of use of her arm. There have been enough cases in the community ...
Skin-sparing mastectomy leaves skin for potential reconstruction, but the author chose not to pursue it, embracing natural asymmetry instead. Clear communication with surgeons and thorough pre-surgery ...
To evaluate the risk of locoregional recurrence (LRR) associated with locoregional treatment of women with primary breast cancer tumors negative for estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor, and human ...
Dr. Scott Schell answers the question: 'What are the different mastectomies?' — -- Question: What are the different types of mastectomies? Answer: Broadly speaking, we utilize two types of ...
The surgeries that we do for breast cancer are mastectomy versus lumpectomy. Mastectomy obviously is removing the whole breast. There's several different types of mastectomy. And we used to talk about ...
"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by doctors, meant for physicians and other healthcare professionals as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this journey through ...
D. Scott Lind, M.D., F.A.C.S.; Barbara L. Smith, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S.; Wiley W. Souba, M.D., Sc.D., F.A.C.S. The goal of a mastectomy is to remove all breast tissue ...