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Breast Reduction Surgery - How Much Pain is There?

Reno3591Dec 8, 2010

I Am Having Breast Reduction Surgery in a Couple of Hours. I am worried about the pain after the surgery. How much pain will I experience?

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Dr. Richard J. Bruneteau, MD
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Dr. Eddy Dona, MBBS, FRACS
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Dr. Andrew P. Trussler, MD
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Dr. Jason Hess, MD
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Dr. Otto Joseph Placik, MD
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Dr. Leo Kim, FRACS(Plast), MS(Plast), MBBS(Hons)
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Dr. Leo Kim, FRACS(Plast), MS(Plast), MBBS(Hons)
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