Types of mastectomy
Did you know there were different kinds of mastectomies?
In this pod Luan talks to Specialist Breast Surgeon, Dr Kylie Snook, about what a mastectomy is and why someone might have one.
Luan and Dr Kylie talk about:
Is all breast tissue removed?
Nipple-sparing & skin-sparing mastectomies
Mastectomy incisions
Tissue expanders
Preventative/risk reduction mastectomy
Bilateral & contralateral mastectomy
Lymph node biopsy
Listen to this episode
Links:
Dr Kylie is VP of BreastSurgANZ
Watch the IG Live ‘what to ask in your first appointment’ with Dr Kylietext
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