Breast surgery

Breast surgery

Breast surgery may refer to one of the following specific surgeries.

*Breast reduction surgery
*Augmentation mammoplasty
*Mastectomy
*Lumpectomy
*Breast-conserving surgery, a less radical cancer surgery than mastectomy
*Mastopexy, or breast lift surgery


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