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What To Expect After A Lumpectomy?
Before lumpectomy surgery
In the hospital on the day of surgery, you’ll change into a hospital gown and wait in a preoperative holding area.
If the tumor cannot be seen or felt, the surgeon will use a procedure before surgery to locate and mark the tumor using mammogram or ultrasound.
Your surgeon or a nurse may draw markings on your breast that show where the incision will be made. Usually this is done with a felt-tip marker.
You will be taken into the anesthesia room, where a nurse will...
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