What is and the capsulectomy of the block?
And the capsuletomy of the block is a surgical technique performed to eliminate breast implants and the surrounding scar tissue, known as the capsule, as a single intact unit. And the capsulectomy of the block is a term that patients will face if they are concerned about their implants and would like to be eliminated or exchanged.
The term is used when the implant has been broken, capsular contracture has occurred, or there is suspicion of Mama implant disease (BII). The idea is that by eliminating the complete capsule, including implants and the damaged or damaged block, it aims to minimize the risk of implant leakage, contracture recurrence and possible health problems associated with textured breasts.
Do I need a capsulectomy and a block?
From a medical point of view, a true capsulectomy and block is rarely necessary and can be the real harness in a situation if it is not indicated.
We tend to use the term ‘and block’ to describe the elimination of cancer and implies eliminating the entire tumor with the surrounding tissues. The idea is that you do not cut or see the tumor and that you eliminate the sample is a whole as a block.
With that in mind, the only situation in which I would say that a capsulelectomy and the elimination of block implants and would really be indicated if there were a capsule tumor, which is a very strange situation.
Many patients requesting and block capsulectomy really just want the implant and complete eliminated capsule, which would be a ‘total capsulectomy’ instead of a ‘and capsulectomy of the block’, an important distinction that must be done.
If you are not sure what a capsulectomy is, you can read my blog post where I talk about capsular contracture around the breast implants here.
I talked and blocked the capsulectomy in one of my questions and live answers that organized all the events of the Tuesday at 7pm, you can see it here:
The process of making a capsulectomy and implant exchange
The incision to place breast implants is usually 5 cm long and is in the fold where its bra. When changing the implants, I would use the same split cutting it and giving a fresh scar in the same place of approximately the same size. The normal process of making a capsulectomy and implant exchange would imply dissecting the implant with the surrounding capsule as much as possible through the 5 cm incision.
However, there is a time that worries the operation where it is not possible to see on the encapsulated implant horizon through such a small incision. When this moment arrives, he made a hole in the capsule and eliminate the implant (the implant itself is soft and only feels hard due to the scar tissue that has formed it around it), which would make the capsule be defalled and allow you to eliminate you.
You can see in the photos below the difference between eliminating an implant with the intact capsule around it ‘and block’ compared to eliminating the implant first and then remove the removing capsule.
To remove the implant and the breast capsule ‘and the block’, we would have to make a much greater incision in the skin, leave a much longer scar. This is unnecessary in most cases, since there is generally no proven pathology within the scar tissue and only needs to be eliminated. There is no danger when cutting the capsule in the same way that we would worry about cutting a cancer during an operation that could potentially spill the cancer cells in the wound.
The exception is if you need a mastopexia at the time of implant removal, since there is much more exposure and the capsulectomy of the block is a more realistic expectation.
Why know more about the capsulectomy of the block?
If you have any questions about the capsulectomy of the block or if you are concerned about your breast implants, you can contact us here.
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