Showing posts with label Capsular Contracture Surgery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Capsular Contracture Surgery. Show all posts

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Strattice for Recurrent Capsular Contracture?




Capsular contracture and recurrent capsular contracture is a challenging problem for both the patient and surgeon. Acellular dermal substitutes have been used for rippling, implant and inframammary fold malposition. It may be that an additional benefit of acellular dermal matrices is to reduce the recurrence of capsular contracture.

I have found in certain cases of recurrent capsular contracture for Strattice to have been helpful as an interface between the access incision and the breast implant. It maybe that this interface serves as a mechanism to prevent capsular contracture.

Capsular Contracture Surgery





Correction of capsular contracture and revision breast surgery are challenging cases. This patient had painful capsular contracture and left breast double-bubble deformity. Correction of this asymmetry was done with bilateral "en bloc" capsulectomy, re-set of the inframammary fold, and change of implant profile.