How long does it take to recover after total mastectomy?

Breast cancer surgery is generally total resection, so how long does it take to recover after breast cancer surgery?

For patients with breast cancer, if radical mastectomy is performed, it is generally believed that the affected breast should be removed and axillary lymph nodes should be cleaned if necessary. Generally, the healing time of the incision after this operation is about 10 ~ 15 days, which is related to the general nutritional status and age of the patient. For elderly patients, the wound healing time is a little longer, generally around 12 ~ 15 days.

When removing stitches, patients are advised to remove stitches intermittently. After intermittent suture removal, all the remaining sutures should be removed about two days after intermittent suture removal to prevent the possibility of local laceration of the patient's wound and further deep infection of the wound site.