How much do you deflate a tissue expander prior to beginning post-mastectomy irradiation?

Do you deflate to a specific volume?

Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Community Practice

The need for deflation is based on your dosimetry and target volume. If we are not treating the IM nodes, then for most situations we don't deflate and we treat the chest wall with tangential beams. If we are planning to treat the IM nodes, then sometimes to get adequate coverage, the lung and heart...

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Radiation Oncologist at Cancer Center Riverside Community Hospital
What about deflating the contralateral side to ens...

Radiation Oncologist at Varian Medical Systems/Allegheny health network
Sometimes you may need deflation of contralateral ...

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