PreOp® Patient Education: Breast Biopsy Wire Guide Surgery 2

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You will then be transferred to the operating table.
Your doctor will scrub thoroughly and will apply an antiseptic solution to the skin around the area where the incision will be made.

Then, the doctor will place a sterile drape or towels around the operative site and will inject a local anesthetic. This may sting a bit, but your breast will quickly begin to feel numb. Usually, the surgeon will inject more than one spot - in order to make sure that the entire area is thoroughly numb. Patient Education

After allowing a few minutes for the anesthetic to take effect, the surgeon will make a small incision.

Once the incision has been made, your doctor will begin cutting along the wire, moving towards the abnormality located at the end. You will feel some tugging and pulling - but you should not feel any sharp pain. If you do, please tell the doctor and you will be given more anesthetic.
Once the specimen is removed, the doctor may have it x-rayed in order to determine whether or not the correct tissue has been removed. Very rarely, the doctor may decide, based on this x-ray, to remove additional tissue.
Your doctor and nurse will remove the guide wire and close the skin over the incision as neatly and as cosmetically as they are able.
Finally, a sterile dressing is applied.

Your specimen will be sent immediately to a lab for microscopic analysis. Your doctor will tell you when to expect result from those tests.

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