Posted On: June 08, 2012 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
The case example shows a patient with inadequate cleavage due to lateral displaced implants. This patient presents with severe problems. No 1 is pectus carinatum. In the operating room it is found that she has lateral displaced implants with the chest wall obliquely slanted downward and off to the side. She also had implants pockets […]
Read MorePosted On: June 04, 2012 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
The patient presents status post augmentation mammoplasty procedure by a different surgeon. She now presents with, having breastfed after pregnancy, severe right breast Baker IV capsular contracture, double-bubble breast deformity and severe grade 3 breast skin laxity requiring right open periprosthetic capsulectomy, formal mastopexy bilateral. The patient’s implants were placed only three years ago and […]
Read MorePosted On: April 07, 2012 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
The above patient presents with severe scar tissue contracture, Baker IV capsular contracture leading to a ruptured saline implant. The patient had severe bottoming out of the right implant with implants placed by a different surgeon at a different part of the country. In any case, she is noted as having severe bottoming out with […]
Read MorePosted On: April 03, 2012 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
STATUS POST AUGMENTATION MAMMOPLASTY The patient presents with a massive seroma, right breast, and painful Baker IV capsular contracture associated with increasing pain over the last two weeks. The right breast shows massive scar tissue with fluid collection and superior retroposition of the implant. The patient has pain in the right breast and notes that […]
Read MorePosted On: March 08, 2012 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
CASE STUDY FLIGHT ATTENDANTS AND BREAST AUGMENTATION The patient below presents as a flight attendant for a major airline with bilateral enlarging painful breasts. In the operating room it was found that she had bilateral seromas with a massive amount of fluid, over 125 cc, with increased pressure. Upon opening the capsule, the immediate pressure […]
Read MorePosted On: March 06, 2012 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
The patient below presents to us unhappy with her laterally displaced implants. She has low profile saline implants with a pocket that was released too far to the outer edge of her breast. In order to fix this without performing an internal capsulorraphy or internal suturing, I performed a medial open capsulotomy, superior capsulectomy, removal […]
Read MorePosted On: February 24, 2012 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
The patient presented with 36-year-old implants, had no idea as to the specifics or the details of the implant, whether they were silicone or saline. She was told that they were both. Well, in that case, it is consistent with double lumen Becker implants, which are no longer used. In the operating room it was […]
Read MorePosted On: February 16, 2012 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
On 2/15/2012, Dr. Linder performed a removal of ruptured left saline implant with a bilateral open periprosthetic capsulectomy. The patient had her surgery performed 15 years ago, but had no idea as to the type of implant that was placed in her body. In the operating room it was found that the patient had a […]
Read MorePosted On: February 06, 2012 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Patients present to my office weekly with acute and chronic ruptures. Often, the patients do not know when the implant ruptured; however, I am able to determine somewhat of a timeline by performing what I call a CSI Beverly Hills. As to when the implants may have ruptured can be determined in the operating room. […]
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