Breast implant ’swallowed’ by woman’s body during a Pilates session
December 16th, 2011 - 9:17 pm ICT by Aishwarya BhattBaltimore, Dec 16 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Doctors had to carry out a surgery on a woman after her body “swallowed” up her breast implant during a Pilates stretch exercise. Doctors were able to restore the implants after the procedure.
The New England Journal of Medicine reports that the woman alerted her instructors during the exercise that her “body swallowed one of the implants.” She has a history of heart surgery which has weakened her ribs.
A plastic surgeon Dr. Anthony Youn in an interview with MSNBC said that, “What likely happened in this instance is that the breast implant was placed under the chest muscle and on top of the ribs, an extremely common practice in breast reconstruction. When the patient Valsalva’d, the pectoralis [chest] muscle likely contracted and pushed the implant through the space between her ribs. The weakened scar tissue was easily torn, and the strength of the pectoralis muscle pushed the implant deep into her chest.”
The woman was forced to have mastectomy twice after suffering cancer in the past.
Pilates, also known as Valsalva maneuver, is a breathing technique which is used to stretch the body. During the procedure, a person takes in as much oxygen as possible and tries to exhale with the airway closed.
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