Posted On: September 17, 2012 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Some patients may present with grade 1 or 2 ptosis, which may be lifted internally by maintaining a pocket of perfect dissection. When pockets are made overly enlarged such as lateral dissection, implants will often go lateral to the side and may have poor cleavage final results as well as increasing skin laxity and sagging. […]
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 […]
Read MorePosted On: August 01, 2012 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
For the majority of my breast reduction surgeries performed weekly, I perform my reductions using the inferior pedicle Wise-pattern technique. The inferior pedicle technique removes tissue from the inner and outer sides of the breast and above the inferior pedicle superiorly. After removing the medial and lateral dermoglandular wedge, the inferior pedicle is raised superiorly […]
Read MorePosted On: June 23, 2012 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Some patients present with significant involutional upper pole atrophy, even slight bottoming out versus grade 1 to 2 ptosis. These can sometimes be correctable without the use of a mastopexy or an inframammary tightening procedure if the pocket dissection is perfectly made. In the example below, the left breast showed significant increased skin laxity over […]
Read MorePosted 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: May 21, 2012 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
Patients come in every week for breast revision surgery due to ruptured implants. I felt compelled to develop a site that would help explain and educate patients when confront with a rupture. I am very excited to announce that www.rupturedimplant.com is now live and I hope it provides patients with the information need to make […]
Read MorePosted On: April 24, 2012 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
For patients with severe grade 3 ptosis, the Wise-pattern technique is my favorite approach. This approach is basically referred to as the “keyhole pattern” in which skin is taken circumferentially around the nipple areolar complex vertically and along the inframammary fold. By removing skin both vertically and along the fold, we able to tighten up […]
Read MorePosted On: April 12, 2012 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder
GIGANTOMASTIA SURGERY: BREAST AMPUTATION WITH FREE NIPPLE GRAFTING The patient below is a 48-year-old female presenting with massive gigantomastic breasts/breast hypertrophy, 40KK breasts, with symptoms of severe back pain, neck strain, grooving around the shoulder blades and coracoid aspects of the shoulders, including ulnar neuropathy, rashes and ulcerations of the breasts due to poor circulation […]
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