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Does anyone who has had mastectomy experience a bulging of chest two weeks after surgery?


the surgeon performed 3 drainings by syringe and during the last, very little came out. The patient is also taking anti-biotics but the swelling and slight pain when touched persist.I'd appreciate so much some answers to these

It could be bleeding into the chest from the drain tube being pulled out, you would need to go to the surgeon for drainage by syringe. Or infection. Call the surgeon and tell him.

Ok, if they drained it and nothing came out, then I don't know what he means by "accent procedure" ...sounds kinda hokey...you could get a second opinion from another surgeon, but if the first surgeon screwed up somehow, then the second surgeon may not want to "fix" a different doctor's "mistake"...if that is what happened..

You can get the hospital records of the surgery from the records department of the hospital by showing ID and signing for the records. It has to be the person who had the surgery. You can get the surgeon's notes, lab and other test results, etc. But he may not write it down if he makes a "mistake" either...

I don't know if he made some sort of mistake, but it may be a large amount of blood that is clotted (hematoma) and that would be just something that happened through no error (but maybe he should have drained it sooner?)...and he might have to do surgery to get it out (or it could be reabsorbed into the body eventually, but that might take months)...a seroma is a pocket of fluid and pus...

i am suspecting either a seroma or hematoma. please consult your surgeon ASAP, before it gets infected

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