Note: Please note below that some people are not available at all locations.

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  Mr Michael Landmann

  Breast and General Surgeon

  Available at Dunedin Hospital, Dunstan Hospital, Clyde

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  Mr Graeme Millar

  Breast and General Surgeon

  Available at Dunedin Hospital, Clutha Health First, Balclutha

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  Dr Simone Petrich

  Breast and General Surgeon

  Available at Dunedin Hospital, Ōamaru Hospital

• Mammography

  A mammogram is a special type of x-ray used only for the breast.… More

• Breast Ultrasound

  In ultrasound, a beam of sound at a very high frequency (that cannot be heard) is sent into the body from a small vibrating crystal in a hand-held scanner head.  When the beam meets a surface between tissues of different density, echoes of the sound beam are sent back into… More

• Fine Needle Aspiration

  This procedure involves inserting a needle through your skin into the breast lump and removing a sample of tissue for examination. More

• Biopsy

  Open Excisional: a small incision (cut) is made as close as possible to the lump and the lump, together with a surrounding margin of tissue, is removed for examination.… More

• Breast Cancer Surgery

  This may be:
  
  Simple or Total: all breast tissue, skin and the nipple are surgically removed but the muscles lying under the breast and the lymph nodes are left in place.… More

• Breast Reconstruction

  When a breast has been removed (mastectomy) because of cancer or other disease, it is possible in most cases to reconstruct a breast similar to a natural breast.… More

• Breast Reduction

  Surgery to reduce breast size involves making a cut (incision) around the areola (the dark area around the nipple) straight downwards and along the crease beneath the breast.… More

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