Episode 19: Breast Implant Complications — Capsular Contracture, BIA-ALCL, and the Patient Who Had Augmentation 20 Years Ago and Is Now Symptomatic episode artwork

EPISODE · Apr 23, 2026 · 26 MIN

Episode 19: Breast Implant Complications — Capsular Contracture, BIA-ALCL, and the Patient Who Had Augmentation 20 Years Ago and Is Now Symptomatic

from The Surgery Room · host Roni Hel-Or

She had augmentation 22 years ago. Now one breast is rock hard and painful. Before you touch her — take the history.Baker classification, capsule biology, BIA-ALCL and the late seroma that cannot be drained without cytology first, en bloc capsulectomy, implant rupture on MRI, and the animation deformity nobody warned the patient about. Episode 19 — breast implant complications, from the first clinic visit to the operating room.

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