You are correct to worry about tissue expansion after radiotherapy. Radiation irreversibly damages all tissues and makes tissue expansion very difficult and prone to complications. For this reason most plastic surgeons recommend against using tissue expansion and implants in...
This is NOT normal. Shortness of breath after any surgery could suggest several problems that may not be associated with your tissue expander implant. Given that you are a cancer patient and have undergone surgery, I would be concerned with a possible blood clot (DVT) or a blood...
This all depends on the skin left after the mastectomy. If there is a lot of skin, I have expanded as high as 500cc, more average for me is about 300-350 cc, and I have put in as little as 100 cc.
If too much is put in, it stretches the skin closure. This can lead...