Category: Breast Reduction
Posted On: August 01, 2012 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
For the majority of my breast reduction surgeries performed weekly, I perform my reductions using the inferior pedicle Wise-pattern technique. The inferior pedicle technique removes tissue from the inner and outer sides of the breast and above the inferior pedicle superiorly. After removing the medial and lateral dermoglandular wedge, the inferior pedicle is raised superiorly […]
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Posted On: April 12, 2012 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
GIGANTOMASTIA SURGERY: BREAST AMPUTATION WITH FREE NIPPLE GRAFTING The patient below is a 48-year-old female presenting with massive gigantomastic breasts/breast hypertrophy, 40KK breasts, with symptoms of severe back pain, neck strain, grooving around the shoulder blades and coracoid aspects of the shoulders, including ulnar neuropathy, rashes and ulcerations of the breasts due to poor circulation […]
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Posted On: December 19, 2011 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
I just received my December 2011 issue of Plastic Surgery Practice magazine. Inside this issue, I wrote an article titled, “The Evolving Breast-Reduction Procedure.” Within the article, I discuss the path to reduction, several techniques, and complications. I also noticed that this article appears on their site – www.plasticsurgerypractice.com – under December 2011 features. I […]
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Posted On: April 20, 2011 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
COVERAGE FOR INSURANCE Breast reduction surgeries are functional operations. Patients present with horrendous symptoms of massive amounts of back pain, neck strain, grooving of shoulder blades, rashes and so forth. All insurance companies have different policies and plans. PPO plans often will cover breast reduction surgeries if the patient is going to be having a […]
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Posted On: April 08, 2011 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
In the March 30, 2011 New York times, an article which discusses a decade of boosting breast size, had very interesting statistics, notably, the breast augmentations performed in comparison to facial plastic surgery procedures. In summary, breast augmentation procedures continue to remain stable or are on the increase, while facial plastic surgery trends have shown […]
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Posted On: March 10, 2011 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Over the next 12 months, another 500 or so women from around the world will be sporting larger breasts-breasts that are perfect as far as the human eye can discern. These women will have one plastic surgeon to thank for their enhanced cleavage, Stuart A. Linder, MD, FACS, who is thought to operate the single […]
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Posted On: October 29, 2010 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Many women present to me who have had breast implant surgery several years ago throughout the United States. As many women age, they desire to downsize their breast implants in order to reduce the heaviness of their breasts as well as at times with bottoming out that may incur, they also desire to tighten up […]
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Posted On: July 19, 2010 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
KELO-COTE INFOMERCIAL Because Dr. Linder performs so many surgeries where scarring is such a significant part of his procedures, including mastopexies, breast lifts, abdominoplasties and breast augmentations, reducing the scarring is absolutely a main necessity. The best product that we have used, certainly in the last decade, has been Kelo-cote or Bio Corneum. Kelo-cote is […]
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Posted On: June 26, 2010 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Patients present to my office monthly for breast asymmetry repair. Patients are very unhappy with the appearance of their breasts, especially when one is significantly larger or a different shape and/or size then the other. In fact, breast asymmetry is a very commonly searched term on the internet. In general, breast asymmetry is associated with different size […]
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