Posted On: September 11, 2017 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
A 40-year-old African American female presented was five months pregnant when she realized that her left, nine-year-old Allergan 420 cc saline implant had ruptured. Due to her pregnancy and breastfeeding after giving birth, she waited 14 months to replace the implant. During our consultation, I suggested that this patient should undergo a breast revision as […]
Read MorePosted On: July 22, 2016 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
A 37-year-old African American female presented with a ruptured implant. The ruptured implant was a lower profile saline and was about ten years old. During the consultation, we discussed not only removing the implants but also what her goals were after her breast revision surgery. After setting the expectation, we decide to replace the old […]
Read MorePosted On: August 15, 2014 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
HIGH PROFILE IMPLANTS This is a case study with a patient that I personally performed a breast augmentation 15 years ago on. She has developed a right ruptured implant and some bottoming out over the last15 years. At the time, only low profile implants were available. Low profile 390 cc saline implants were used. Scar […]
Read MorePosted On: August 10, 2014 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
We perform breast augmentations weekly. Both saline and silicone gel implants are used in our Beverly Hills Surgery Center. Interestingly, this is a case example of a silicone gel implant bleed. The patient underwent augmentation mammoplasty with silicone textured implants under the muscle by a different surgery approximately 13 years ago. Although the MRI does […]
Read MorePosted On: August 01, 2014 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
RUPTURED IMPLANT This is an excellent case example of a patient who left her saline implant in her chest for over two years. For some reason she declined to have the implant replaced until now that it has become painful. This is an obvious rupture on clinica examination. Mammogram also showed scar tissue contracture with […]
Read MorePosted On: December 20, 2013 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
This case example is of a patient with a 42-year-old ruptured Heyer-Schulte silicone gel implant placed back in the late 1960s. This is a 78-year-old White female who presents with severe capsulitis, mastitis, ruptured silicone implants and symptoms of possible rheumatoid arthritis. She was referred by her rheumatologist for removal of her ruptured silicone implant, […]
Read MorePosted On: November 08, 2013 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
The video shows an interesting case with the patient presenting with burning in her right breast. Her implants are approximately 14 years old. They were experimental style 45 smooth 400 cc Allergan gel implants. The patient presents to the office with increasing pain with a sloshy feeling in her right breast. An MRI would have […]
Read MorePosted On: October 18, 2013 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Patients in my practice present with both acute and chronic seromas status post blunt trauma to the chest after a breast augmentation procedure. The seroma is simply a water serous fluid that the body creates after a tear in the capsule. Capsular tear may lead to this fluid accumulation which can differ in size, between […]
Read MorePosted On: June 04, 2013 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
The video below presents a 13 year old ruptured Allergan low profile textured silicone implant. The rupture is due to a tear in the silicone shell of the implant. As pressure in applied to the ruptured implant you can see the silicone gel coming out.
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