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Mastectomy (cont.)

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Author: Leigh A Neumayer, MD, MS, FACS, Professor of Surgery, Department of General Surgery/Critical Care, University of Utah School of Medicine; Consulting Surgeon, Salt Lake City Veteran's Affairs Medical Center.

Editor: Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, Chief Medical Editor, eMedicineHealth.com

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Coauthor(s): Marga Massey, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of General Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine; Shehnaz Shaikh, MD, Medical Writer, eMedicine.com, Inc.

Editors: Bryan D Cowan, MD, Director, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology, Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Mississippi College of Medicine; Mary L Windle, Pharm D, Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy; Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine.com, Inc; Lee P Shulman, MD, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Head, Section of Reproductive Genetics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.


Last Editorial Review: 9/28/2007

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