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Surgical Biopsy
Surgical biopsy takes place in an operating room.
A local anaesthetic (the breast only is numbed)
is most often used, as opposed to a general anaesthetic
(puts you to sleep). You may also receive an intravenous
to make you relax. The shape of the breast may
change. A scar will be left at the point of incision.
If the lesion is non-palpable, wire localization
biopsy will be used with mammography to locate
the area of concern before the operation.
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