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Frozen Section Examination during surgery
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Oct 15, 2022 | Replies (6)Comment receiving replies
I wanted a second opinion, because Dr. Port wasn't answering to our questions. It felt that she was dismissive. She reminded me of my Romanian doctors during communism. However, I think she is a good surgeon as she was recommended by a few people. Dr. Alexandra Heerdt was opened to answer to our questions, she drew on paper for us, explained a lot of things. We met her at 10:45 am. I had an ultrasound at 1:30 and met Dr. Heerdt again around 3:00 pm. Although she answered to more questions after the ultrasound, her energy was a bit dismissive. My husband and I are thinking that she was tired after a day of work.
My surgery is scheduled with Mount Sinai for November 3rd, but I think that I might go with Dr. Heerdt.
I still wonder why Sloan Kettering doesn't do the Frozen Section during the surgery. Maybe because I am stage 1 at this moment.
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I couldn't really sleep last night as I have so many questions in my head:
- what are the benefits of not doing the frozen section during the surgery?
- what are the benefits of doing the frozen section during the surgery?
- is more difficult to have axillary nodes removed during surgery?
- is more difficult to have axillary nodes removed after the surgery?
- is it full anesthesia for axillary nodes surgery?
- in the case of a mastectomy, how the axillary lymph nodes removal surgery will be?
- in the case of a lumpectomy how the axillary lymph nodes removal surgery will be?
- in the case of lumpectomy, if the margins are not clear, then the axillary lymph nodes removal surgery will be done at same time with a second lumpectomy?