Dislodgement of tissue expander ports in a patient without trauma or MRI history

Catherine F Lowenthal; Albert Y Truong; Jeffrey A Ascherman

doi:10.1016/j.jpra.2021.10.005

Dislodgement of tissue expander ports in a patient without trauma or MRI history

JPRAS Open. 2021 Oct 24:31:29-31. doi: 10.1016/j.jpra.2021.10.005. eCollection 2022 Mar.

Authors

Catherine F Lowenthal¹, Albert Y Truong¹, Jeffrey A Ascherman¹

Affiliation

¹ Columbia University Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Herbert Irving Pavilion, 5th Floor, Rm 511, 161 Fort Washington Avenue, New York, NY 10032.

Abstract

Tissue expansion is involved in the majority of breast reconstruction procedures in the United States. We describe a case of a 56-year-old woman who was found to have bilateral dislodged magnetic ports in her breast tissue expanders at her surgery to replace the expanders with permanent implants. An awareness that this can occur would be helpful for all plastic surgeons who perform breast reconstruction.

Keywords: Breast reconstruction; Magnetic port; Port dislodgment.

Publication types

Case Reports