3 months ago
The implant by and of itself is not dangerous to leave in. However, it is a foreign body and can be prone to infection especially if you have an infection elsewhere such as a urinary tract infection or upper respiratory infection.
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Robin T.W. Yuan, MD answers: Is it dangerous to leave the tissue expander in?
I currently have 1 tissue expander that has to be removed. It is not inflated and is damaged. The other one was done already. I have decided not to have a breast reconstruction. Is it dangerous to leave it in? How long can this stay without being taken out?
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A: I can't see any reason why you can't leave an expander in!
3 months ago
An expander is so firm I am surprised you would want to leave it in! I can't see any reason that it would be any more dangerous to leave in than any other implant. I just had a patient that went 6 years with an expander in place and just had it swapped to an implant.
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