Short YouTube podcast by Dr. Robert Whitfield introducing the question: are there risks or complications associated with breast explant surgery? He frames explant as performed for reasons including breast implant illness (BII), desire to return to a natural breast after reconstruction, or post-mastectomy flat reconstruction removal; speaker notes substantial personal experience treating BII patients.
It's Dr. Whitfield, and welcome to my breast implant illness podcast. Today's question that we're going to look into deeper is are there any risks or complications associated with breast explant surgery? So breast explant surgery is performed for a variety of reasons. Most commonly, my practice for breast implant illness, it can be obviously performed for somebody who's tired of having their reconstruction, just wants to take them down, wants to go back to a natural result or a breast cancer patient who's flat. I've had a experience in all of those, relatively large experience, obviously in breast implant illness.
