Who should operate a woman with breast problems? Who should operate a woman with breast problems? what kind of specialist should I go if I have a breast disease? Those two questions are often heard in the female population and also in the medical community as well Take for example the United States, undoubtedly this country has one of the best medical organizations worldwide. With over 300 million people and breast cancer being the leading cause of cancer in women. The highest levels of success in the management of this disease as American doctors managed forming multidisciplinary teams including surgeons (General Surgeon), the clinical oncologist (chemotherapy) and Radiation therapists. Gynecologist's role is oriented to primary care that is early detection as the radiologists with the proper interpretation of imaging methods (mammography, ultrasound, MRI). In Guatemala training programs include theoretical and practical knowledge in the surgical treatment of these diseases are general surgery programs or Surgical oncologĂst ,supported by the University of San Carlos. Breast surgery is extremely complex that includes not only the management of the mammary gland but the draining lymph (lymphatic drainage) and surrounding vascular structures such as the axillary artery and vein and the nerve plexus axillary. They are also major thoracic structures and breast skin flaps. Throughout the five years of training to receive a surgeon is exposed to the theory and practice of procedures to address these areas of the body every day. It is common and routine for a surgeon having to work in complex anatomical areas, damage to vascular structures injured by stab or firearms, tumors and nodes attached to veins and arteries are a frequent problem that surgeons are in their daily practice, this means that when dealing with complex cases or routine breast disease, for the surgeon is easier (and therefore also be for the patient) to solve these problems, the patient avoid painful, expensive and bad results medical and aesthetic as well , and their can manage complications properly and have associated with a good evolution of their illness.
Personally in my 20 years as a consultant surgeon in multiple hospitals in my country it has been more than once that I had to get emergency operating room situation when a patient who was being operated by a one Physician not specialist in a surgery has developed complications during surgical proceadure because he/she has surgical problems that was not able to solve. It is advisable for a woman when choosing a doctor to be operated by problems in your breasts (except the aesthetics issues, since in that case you would have to go with a plastic surgeon who is also a specialist and he specialized in surgery general as well) is to choose a surgeon dedicated to treating breast disease (it is the same recommendation by the American Society of Breast Surgeons), scientifically it is well demonstrated in breast cancer , than a woman who is treated by a surgeon who routinely is engaged in this Disease have better survival compared with doctors who operate one or two patients a year, or those who occasionally do throughout their career In my country, Guatemala, large state hospitals are the only ones that have a high volume of patients and the specialists in charge of operating Surgeons breast cancer and breast disease patients in the departments of surgery are the ones with most experience.
So if you or someone in your family needs surgery for a problem of this Disease , make your research and investigate which of these specialists can treat them equally in a state hospital as they can do it in a private hospital. #bestbreastsurgeon Dr Sergio Ralon Head of the Breast Clinic Department of Surgery General hospital 25 years of surgical practice of breast diseases Member of the American Society of Breast Surgeons International Guest American Collegue of Surgeons American Society of Surgical Oncology