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Is Air Travel Advisable Post A Mastectomy?

Following breast surgery I have an haematoma in the non cancerous breast (they did a reduction of that one at the same time as a partial mastectomy) I am due to fly to Argentina on the 25th July (22 days post op) is that a problem? Email address YYYY@YYYY
Mon, 28 Aug 2017
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Hi there,

This isn't any problem. You can fly. I'd just recommend you get up and walk as much as you can during the flight, but flying after a mastectomy should be safe. I'm a surgeon and I wouldn't have any problem with one of my post mastectomy patients flying after surgery.

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Is Air Travel Advisable Post A Mastectomy?

Hi there, This isn t any problem. You can fly. I d just recommend you get up and walk as much as you can during the flight, but flying after a mastectomy should be safe. I m a surgeon and I wouldn t have any problem with one of my post mastectomy patients flying after surgery. I hope this answers your questions. Please feel free to contact me should you have any further questions.