Before Lumpectomy Surgery
At the hospital on the day of surgery, the patient will wear clothes from the hospital and wait in the preoperative holding area.
If the tumor can not be seen or felt, the surgeon will use a procedure before the operation to locate and mark the tumor using a mammogram or ultrasound.
Surgeon or nurse may be a mark on the breast to indicate where the incision (surgery) will be made. This is usually done with a felt-tip marker.
Subsequently the patient will be taken to the anesthetic room, where a nurse will put an IV (intravenous line) into the hand or arm. Soon after this, the patient will be given a sedative (anesthetic) intravenously.
Most patients who choose lumpectomy to use anesthetic (anesthetic) to numb the only local in the area that will be operating alone, but some others prefer to use general anesthesia (general anesthesia).
What Happens During Surgery Lumpectomy?
Lumpectomy surgery will take about 15-40 minutes. The surgeon may perform surgery with a sort of electric scalpel that uses heat to minimize bleeding.
Most surgeons use a curved incision (such as a smile or frown) that follow the natural curve of the breast to allow the healing process better.
If the tumor can be seen or felt, the surgeon will lift it with the edge of the surrounding healthy tissue.
Sometimes, though not always, when operating a so-called drain hose will be inserted into the breast or underarm area to collect excess fluid that can accumulate in the space where the tumor.
Drain connected to a plastic tube that will do the suction to help remove fluid. After all is complete, the surgeon will stitch to close the incision and dressing wounds.
After Lumpectomy Surgery
After lumpectomy surgery is completed, the patient will be transferred to the recovery room (recovery room), where health officials will monitor heart rate, body temperature, and blood pressure patients.
Usually patients do not need to stay in the hospital if only lumpectomy surgery alone, unless removed lymph nodes involved.
