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SIZING OF BREAST IMPLANTS

Posted On: March 21, 2012 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder Posted In: Breast Augmentation, Breast Implants, Breast topics, Home

SIZING OF BREAST IMPLANTS

Sizing of breast implants requires experience and judgment by a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon.  Patients present to my office every day for breast enhancement and breast revision surgery.  One of the most difficult decisions between the patient and the plastic surgeon is the final size of the implant.  Many factors are required to determine this […]

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Breast Augmentation Risks and Complications

Posted On: March 08, 2012 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder Posted In: Breast Revision, Breast topics, Home

Breast Augmentation Risks and Complications

CASE STUDY FLIGHT ATTENDANTS AND BREAST AUGMENTATION The patient below presents as a flight attendant for a major airline with bilateral enlarging painful breasts.  In the operating room it was found that she had bilateral seromas with a massive amount of fluid, over 125 cc, with increased pressure.  Upon opening the capsule, the immediate pressure […]

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Breast Implant Repositioning, Revision Surgery

Posted On: March 06, 2012 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder Posted In: Breast Implants, Breast Revision

Breast Implant Repositioning, Revision Surgery

The patient below presents to us unhappy with her laterally displaced implants.  She has low profile saline implants with a pocket that was released too far to the outer edge of her breast.  In order to fix this without performing an internal capsulorraphy or internal suturing, I performed a medial open capsulotomy, superior capsulectomy, removal […]

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HIGH PROFILE SALINE IMPLANTS

Posted On: March 03, 2012 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder Posted In: Breast Augmentation, Breast Implants, Breast topics

HIGH PROFILE SALINE IMPLANTS

The below example shows patient is a 34A.  Good candidate for augmentation mammoplasty procedure.  She is 19 years old.  Patients under 22 by FDA regulations should undergo saline implant augmentation rather than silicone.  At this time high profile saline implants placed in the dual plane technique, two-third under, one-third over and laterally will yield an […]

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Becker Breast Implant Removal

Posted On: February 24, 2012 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder Posted In: Breast Implants, Breast Revision

Becker Breast Implant Removal

The patient presented with 36-year-old implants, had no idea as to the specifics or the details of the implant, whether they were silicone or saline.  She was told that they were both.  Well, in that case, it is consistent with double lumen Becker implants, which are no longer used. In the operating room it was […]

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Endomorphic Build with Breast Asymmetry

Posted On: February 21, 2012 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder Posted In: Breast Asymmetry, Breast Augmentation, Breast Implants, Home

Endomorphic Build with Breast Asymmetry

The below patient presents with severe breast endomorphic build, notice the thick chest wall muscle as well as the pectus excavatum with the slight asymmetry and droop after massive weight loss.  The patient presents to the operating room where we reconstructed her with 450 cc style 45 extra high profile silicone gel implants in the […]

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PIP French Ruptured Implant Surgery

Posted On: February 16, 2012 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder Posted In: Breast Implants, Breast Revision

PIP French Ruptured Implant Surgery

On 2/15/2012, Dr. Linder performed a removal of ruptured left saline implant with a bilateral open periprosthetic capsulectomy. The patient had her surgery performed 15 years ago, but had no idea as to the type of implant that was placed in her body. In the operating room it was found that the patient had a […]

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