My drain fell prematurely from the Left arm-pit post a double masectomy expanders saline implants and right lymph nodes removal. Drain leaking approx 2 days prior to it falling out. Is it possible that if the drain not reinserted quickly that infection may occur.
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May 8, 2012
Answer: Drain Tube reinsertion after Mastectomy and Breast Reconstruction
The noises you are hearing are from air and fluid that are in the breast implant pocket around your breast implant. The air gets in when your plastic surgeon creates whatever incision site was opened to gain entry into the breast pocket. The fluid, usually saline but sometimes injury...
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Your right breast looks fine, you seem happy with it, and the implant is less than a year old. So I would just do a revision breast augmentation of the left breast.
Hello. Thank you for your inquiry and congratulations on your surgery! It is important to have an in-person medical assessment regarding this issue as it is difficult to determine virtually. Continue to update your doctor in the matter and follow their post-op protocol.
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