Jefferson Surgery
Jefferson Breast Surgeons provide:

• Surgical Breast Evaluation
  Our experienced surgeons provide evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of all breast health issues, including;
• palpable (felt) breast masses
• breast pain or breast changes
• abnormal mammogram
• breast cancer
• and other breast problems

Whether you are seeking an evaluation for a breast problem or a 2nd opinion or have been diagnosed with breast cancer, our Jefferson Breast Surgeons will provide the best surgical treatment options for you, those may include the following;

• Breast Surgery
  • Breast Biopsy
    Excisional surgical biopsy, the surgeon will attempt to completely remove the area of concern (lesion), often along with a surrounding margin of normal breast tissue.
    Incisional surgical biopsy is similar to an excisional biopsy except that the surgeon only removes part of the breast lesion. Incisional breast biopsy is usually only performed on large lesions.
    
    
  • Lumpectomy
    Lumpectomy involves the removal of the tumor (lump, lesion, abnormality) along with a margin of normal tissue around. 
    
    
  • Mastectomy
    Mastectomy (simple mastectomy) involves the removal of the entire breast, including the nipple.
    
    
  • Partial Mastectomy
    This term is sometimes used.  Partial mastectomy is the same surgical procedure as a lumpectomy.  
    
    
  • Modified Radical Mastectomy
    A modified radical mastectomy is similar to the simple mastectomy, but the lymph nodes in the armpit are also removed.  Generally the first step is the removal of the sentinel lymph node under the arm to determine if cancer has spread.  If the sentinel lymph node shows cancer then removal of the lymph nodes under the arm (axillary lymph node dissection) is done.
    
    
  • Radical Mastectomy
    Includes the removal of the entire breast, plus the removal of underlying chest wall muscles (pectoralis major, pectoralis minor), along with removal of the axillary lymph nodes.  It was a standard operative procedure 30years.  It is rarely performed today.
    
    
  • Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
    It has been determined that the lymph nodes drain to one of two specific nodes first and then go on to the other nodes.  These initial lymph nodes are called sentinel lymph nodes and studies have shown that if the sentinel lymph nodes are free of breast cancer cells, then there is an overwhelming probability that the rest of the lymph nodes (axillary nodes) are negative (no cancer cells).  In patients who have negative sentinel lymph nodes no further lymph node dissection is needed.
    
    
  • Axillary Lymph Node Dissection
    Axillary lymph node dissection is the surgical removal of lymph nodes in the underarm area.  Generally axillary lymph nodes are removed below the lower edge and lying underneath the pectoralis minor muscle.

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