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Why Not To Use Arm After Mastectomy For Blood Pressure?
A mastectomy is surgery to remove the entire breast. It is usually done to treat
Alternative Names
Breast removal surgery; Subcutaneous mastectomy; Total mastectomy; Simple mastectomy; Modified radical mastectomy
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You will be given
- For a subcutaneous mastectomy, the surgeon removes the entire breast but leaves the nipple and areola (the pigmented circle around the nipple)...
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