Posted On: February 12, 2014 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
The patient below shows an amazing preoperative evaluation showing three dramatic problems. The first is significant breast asymmetry. Notice the right breast is significantly larger and wider than the left. This is associated with, 1) A congenital thoracic chest wall asymmetry. 2) Severe pectus excavatum centrally with a depression deformity of the inner breast. This […]
Read MorePosted On: January 17, 2014 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
This preoperative photograph shows a patient with significant asymmetry of the inframammary fold. The inframammary fold is one of the most important, if not the most important, landmarks on the breast when performing breast augmentation surgery. Notably, on this patient her right inframammary fold is significantly lower than the left and also notable is a […]
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 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: October 20, 2013 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
HEMATOMA Hematoma is a one to two percent incident status post all major surgeries under general anesthesia. Drainage tubes are placed postoperatively for a minimum of 24 hours in our practice which may help to evacuate the fluid. However, drains have not been found to prevent hematomas. Patients should refrain from aspirin, Advil, Motrin, Excedrin […]
Read MorePosted On: October 10, 2013 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Breast Implants Can Cause Cancer False: No studies or experimental data have ever been able to link breast implants with cancer. Breast Implants Must be Removed Every 10 Years False: There is no specific data on duration of time for implant replacement. The implants may last a lifetime or only a few years depending on […]
Read MorePosted On: July 20, 2013 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
INFERIOR PEDICLE TECHNIQUE (WISE-PATTERN) There are multiple procedures that can be performed through the years, which will reduce the breasts. Dr. Linder favors the inferior pedicle technique (Wise-Pattern). This technique has allowed us to preform enormous reductions without loss of the nipple areolar complex and maintain excellent blood supply to the nipple areola. This is […]
Read MorePosted On: July 19, 2013 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
High profile saline implants are one of the most used implants in my practice. The advantages of the high profile saline implants include increased fullness projection with decreased diameter. This implant allows women to look fuller without looking matronly and heavy. Patients do extraordinarily well with high profile saline implants overfilled because of reduced visible […]
Read MorePosted On: July 04, 2013 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
The patient below is a 28-year-old African-American female presenting with severe Baker IV capsular contracture, implant malposition, scar tissue, hardening with grade 3 ptosis. Patient is an excellent candidate for total breast reconstruction which would include bilateral open periprosthetic capsulectomy, circumferential open capsulotomy, removal and replacement with style 68 high profile Natrelle 200 cc saline implants […]
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