Mastectomy
Post-op Antibiotics Not Warranted in Certain Mastectomy Patients
Although preoperative prophylactic antibiotics are indicated in mastectomy, questions remained about their ...
MARCH 1, 2024
Pre-op Percutaneous Cryoneurolysis Effective for Postmastectomy Pain
Percutaneous ultrasound-guided cryoneurolysis has potential as a novel analgesic technique, according to a new ...
MAY 22, 2023
Home Recovery After Mastectomy Gaining Momentum
LAS VEGAS—Once denounced as the “drive-by mastectomy” and considered an outrage, home recovery ...
OCTOBER 28, 2022
2-Staged Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy May Reduce Complications
A rather novel two-staged approach to nipple-sparing mastectomy appears to reduce the risk for the most serious ...
SEPTEMBER 6, 2021
Study Finds Margins Greater Than 1 mm Better After Mastectomy
A surgical margin clearance of more than 1 mm after mastectomy should be recommended in international guidelines ...
APRIL 2, 2020
European Study of Robotic Mastectomy Sparks Interest
Dallas—Robotic mastectomy differs little from open mastectomy in terms of complications, and the data on its ...
FEBRUARY 6, 2020
Benefits Seen With Use of Regional Blocks For Bilateral Mastectomy With Reconstruction
Orlando, Fla.—Regional blocks appear to offer benefits in patients undergoing bilateral mastectomy with ...
DECEMBER 10, 2019
Data Support Home Recovery Program for Mastectomy Patients
Dallas—Surgical home recovery allows patients to recuperate in a familiar environment, lowers their risk for ...
OCTOBER 7, 2019
Pain Protocol Facilitates Outpatient Mastectomy
Boston—Mastectomy patients treated with a multimodal pain control regimen that included liposomal bupivacaine ...
JANUARY 18, 2019
Managing Patient Expectations Key for Mastectomy Without Reconstruction
There are techniques any surgeon can employ to increase the odds of a perfect mastectomy in patients with breast ...
DECEMBER 10, 2018
Finding the Drivers of Locoregional Recurrence Of Breast Cancer
Orlando, Fla.—Despite the complex phenomenon of increasing rates of bilateral and contralateral prophylactic ...
NOVEMBER 19, 2018
No Benefit of Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy in Most Cancer Patients
Orlando, Fla.—Average-risk breast cancer patients are so unlikely to gain any survival benefit from ...
OCTOBER 15, 2018
