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  2. Working Out After A Mastectomy Can Help Patients Heal ... - AOL

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    “In truth, it is metastatic locally, meaning in my lymph nodes, but breast cancer is a whole other medical world to me.” Kara opted for a double mastectomy, preceded by 16 weeks of ...

  3. Breast surgery - Wikipedia

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    There is preliminary evidence suggesting that negative-pressure wound therapy may be useful in healing complicated breast wounds resulting from surgery. [10] Postoperative pain is common following breast surgery. The incidence of poorly controlled acute postoperative pain following breast cancer surgery ranges between 14.0% to 54.1%. [11]

  4. Post-mastectomy pain syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Post-mastectomy pain syndrome is a chronic neuropathic pain that usually manifests as continuous pain in the arm, axilla, chest wall, and breast region. [3] Pain is most likely to start after surgery, [3] although adjuvant therapy, such as chemotherapy or radiation therapy, may sometimes cause new symptoms to appear. [4]

  5. Postoperative wounds - Wikipedia

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    Postoperative wounds are those wounds acquired during surgical procedures. Postoperative wound healing occurs after surgery and normally follows distinct bodily reactions: the inflammatory response, the proliferation of cells and tissues that initiate healing, and the final remodeling.

  6. I Was Diagnosed With Breast Cancer at Age 22. Then a ... - AOL

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    I tried not to flinch as a new doctor stuck a needle about as long as the length of my hand into my right breast. I felt pressure until the point pierced the mass, which was so dense it caught the ...

  7. Jackson-Pratt drain - Wikipedia

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    Jackson-Pratt Drain Trans man with two Jackson-Pratt drains after keyhole mastectomy. A Jackson-Pratt drain (also called a JP drain) is a closed-suction medical device that is commonly used as a post-operative drain for collecting bodily fluids from surgical sites. The device consists of an internal drain connected to a grenade-shaped bulb or ...

  8. Why Kathy Bates decided not to have reconstruction surgery ...

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    Kathy Bates is opening up about her decision to forgo reconstruction surgery after undergoing a double mastectomy following a 2012 breast cancer diagnosis.. The "Matlock" star, 76, explained on ...

  9. Tissue expansion - Wikipedia

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    Typically it can take several weeks to months to complete the process. This tissue expander is removed after a few months and microvascular flap reconstruction or the insertion of a permanent breast implant is done at the time. Chemotherapy or radiation is sometimes recommended by the medical/radiation oncologist following mastectomy.