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What aftercare do patients of open biopsy or mediastinoscopy receive?
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patients are taken to a recovery room for observation. If no other complications develop, they are taken back to the hospital room. Stitches are usually removed after seven to 14 days.
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What is a sentence using he word biopsy?
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