Gynecologic Operative Terms: For Breasts

Question 1

lumpectomy

Answer 1

excision of a breast tumor without removing any other tissue or lymph nodes

Question 2

simple mastectomy

Answer 2

removal of an entire breast but with the underlying muscle and axillary lymph nodes left intact

Question 3

radical mastectomy

Answer 3

removal of an entire breast along with the underlying chest muscles and axillary lymph nodes

Question 4

modified radical mastectomy

Answer 4

removal of an entire breast and lymph nodes of the axilla

Question 5

mastopexy

Answer 5

elevation of pendulous breast tissue