Posted On: April 01, 2014 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
STATUS POST MAMMOGRAM TRAUMA – LEFT BREAST This patient presents with a very swollen and painful left breast that has endured a 10-month history of having had a mammogram and pulling on the breast with severe tearing of the left medial pectoralis muscle tendon and the inframammary fold. On examination, the patient has a […]
Read MorePosted On: January 27, 2014 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
This is an example of a patient who has lost 170 pounds status post Roux-en-Y gastroplasty (gastric bypass surgical procedure) two years ago. She has lost more than half of entire body weight, approximately 165 pounds, weighing in at about 310 pounds preoperatively to her Roux-en-Y gastroplasty. As expected, her skin is tremendously lax and […]
Read MorePosted On: January 06, 2014 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Patients do present in their teenage years for breast reduction surgery. These young women often have the same symptoms associated with bilateral breast hypertrophy, including large pendulous breasts with back pain, neck pain, grooving along the shoulder blades; however intertriginous rashes are less common. There is also the emotional difficult psychological torment of having disproportionately […]
Read MorePosted On: December 31, 2013 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
HAPPY HOLIDAYS Happy Holidays and New Years from Dr. Linder and staff. Here’s to a Healthy and Beautiful 2014.
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: December 10, 2013 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
As a a Member of Editorial Advisory Board for ShareCare I am excited to see the new app that AskMD launched that gets you from “what’s wrong?” to what you can do about it. Today marks an important milestone for Sharecare as they announce the launch of AskMD, an iOS app that helps consumers collect information about […]
Read MorePosted On: December 06, 2013 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Patient in her preoperative photograph shows severe weight loss leading so significant skin laxity of the breasts, abdomen and hips. She lost approximately 120 pounds and underwent 10 months ago augmentation mammoplasty procedure using high profile saline implants over-filled; a formal mastopexy using the inferior pedicle Wise-pattern technique (breast lift anchor scar) and a full […]
Read MorePosted On: November 27, 2013 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
To All: This Holiday Season take time for reflection and gratitude for our health, our joys, our lives journeys and for all the fulfilling promises that await us. We wish you and your family a Happy Thanksgiving!
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 […]
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