Patient Education Resources

After Your Image-guided Core Biopsy of the Breast

This pamphlet explains what will happen after the image-guided core biopsy of the breast.

Augmentation Mammaplasty: Care At Home

This pamphlet explains what will happen after augmentation mammaplasty (breast enlargement) surgery, including how to care for the incision(s), discomfort, and instructions about activity.

Breast Lumpectomy

This guide outlines what a lumpectomy is, medications, getting ready for surgery, the day of surgery, wire (needle) localization, after your surgery, taking care of your incision, and follow-up visits with your surgeon.

Breast Reconstruction Guidebook

This pamphlet describes care for after breast reconstruction surgery.

Breast Reduction Surgery

This pamphlet describes care after reduction mammoplasty (breast reduction) surgery including expectations regarding discomfort, activity, nutrition, sensation, swelling, and bruising.

Care After Your Breast Surgery: South Shore Regional Hospital

This pamphlet answers questions you may have after breast surgery. The pamphlet explains what to eat and drink, activity guidelines, how to care for your incision, and how to manage pain.

Care of Your Surgical Drains: South Shore Regional Hospital

This pamphlet describes how to care for your drain(s) after breast surgery.

Image-guided Core Biopsy of the Breast

This pamphlet explains why you may need a core biopsy of the breast, how to get ready for this test, how the test is done, and what will happen after the test.

Lymph Node Dissection at the QEII

This guide will help you learn about your surgery and lymph node dissection. Topics include what lymph nodes do, getting ready for surgery, the day of surgery, after your surgery, exercises after surgery, getting out of bed for the first time, taking care of your incision and drainage tubes, exercises at home, and followup visits with your surgeon.

Sentinel Node Mapping: South Shore Regional Hospital

Sentinel lymph node mapping is a procedure that uses radioactive material (tracers and sometimes blue dye) to map (find) the lymph nodes that drain the area of your cancer. The pamphlet explains what sentinel nodes are, and what will happen before, during, and after the procedure.