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Wound care after minor surgery podcast
Hi everyone,
To listen to a podcast about wound care after minor surgery, click here.
In this podcast I outline wound care instructions after minor surgery. This applies to procedures which are usually performed under local anaesthesia on a day only basis – things like removal of moles, cysts or small skin cancers.
I try to make the wound care and dressings as simple as possible.
For stitches on the face:
You can shower from the following day. You can get the wound...Read MoreBreast Reconstruction after previous Radiotherapy
Here is a recent question I answered on breast reconstruction for a patient who had previously had a lumpectomy and radiotherapy.
The question was:
Hi, I am 38 years old and have just been diagnosed with a second breast cancer. It has been 9,5 years since my first operation. I had a lumpectomy and 12 nodes taken. The cancer was confined and I had radiotherapy. Yesterday I was given the great news that the cancer has not gone elsewhere, but need to operate. I have since had a family history of...Read More