Posted On: April 26, 2013 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
SECONDARY AUGMENTATION MASTOPEXY The patient presents from Brazil. Large implants, low profile, silicones were placed above the muscle, subglandular. She has developed severe grade 3 ptosis and will do well with a secondary augmentation mammoplasty with style 45 silicone 500 cc extra high profile silicone gel and a complete formal mastopexy using the inferior pedicle […]
Read MorePosted On: March 12, 2013 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
MULTIPLE BODY RECONSTRUCTIONS The patient presents with severe Baker IV capsular contracture, painful breast deformity with bilateral breast implants presented over 15 years ago by a different surgeon. She also has multiple abdominal wall hernias both epigastric and umbilical and incisional status post midline laparotomy for 11 ulcerations in her gastric region. The patient underwent […]
Read MorePosted On: January 29, 2013 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
The patient presents with bottoming out of her right breast implant after six years post-surgery with different surgeon, as well as ruptured left saline implant. The patient below has multiple components to her diagnosis, including a deflated left saline implant, asymmetry to the breast and significant bottoming out of the right breast with the implant […]
Read MorePosted On: November 21, 2012 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Here is a fabulous patient testimonial that I received this week and I thought I would share as we approach this “Thanksgiving Holiday” weekend. I am so thankful when a patient takes the time and express their experience with me.Dr. Stuart Linder: Dr. Stuart Linder is more than a talented surgeon. He is an artist. […]
Read MorePosted On: November 08, 2012 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Three major FDA-approved companies, Allergan, Sientra and Mentor, have now provided us with their three-year rupture rate for both primary augmentation and revision augmentation. Primary augmentation for Mentor, N=551 with 0.5%, revision augmentation, N=146, 7.7% and Sientra breast implant three-year rupture rate, N=1,115 for primary augmentation with 2.5% andN=362 for revision augmentation, 0.0%. Finally, for Allergan silicone-filled breast […]
Read MorePosted On: October 28, 2012 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Yesterday, I had the privilege of removing Dow Corning silicone implants that were now 48 years old; in fact, several years older than me. As expected, this was an extremely time-consuming and difficult surgery, as the silicone implant material had calcified over the last 35 years due to disintegration of the shall of the implant […]
Read MorePosted On: October 22, 2012 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Recently, I removed polyurethane implants on a patient that were placed over 20 years ago in Romania. These implants have been shown to cause sarcoma and cancer in rats. They are no longer FDA-approved in the United States of America. Upon removal of the implants, they were found to be textured coated; however, they were […]
Read MorePosted On: October 01, 2012 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
The patient presents with increasing painful breast deformity associated with scar tissue contracture after pregnancy. The double-bubble deformity is a reasonably common problem that I see throughout the month. These patients presents with severe encapsulation of the upper fold of the implant causing superior retroposition of the implant and a droopiness of the skin leading […]
Read MorePosted On: September 13, 2012 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Patients who undergo breast revision surgery must realize that by having a secondary, tertiary or having had multiple surgeries in the past, that the original components and anatomy of the breasts have been manipulated and therefore an absolute perfect or normal result may not be possible. Patients must have realistic expectations. When revealing a patient’s […]
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