Dr. Ho Cao Vu: “Don’t Ignore Pain After Breast Augmentation”

Mmed, Dr. Ho Cao Vu, who is working at Cho Ray Hospital, specializing in plastic surgery and benign disease surgery, says not to be subjective to the symptoms of chest pain after breast augmentation. After the surgery, if mild to moderate signs of tension appear in the chest area in the first 3-5 days and tend to subside after that, it is usually normal, because this is the body’s natural (non-infectious) inflammatory response. However, if you develop symptoms of prolonged pain, you should be careful because this can be the beginning of some dangerous complications. MMed, Dr. Ho Cao Vu said below are some notable signs of chest pain after breast augmentation.

* Pain is caused by bleeding, hematoma after surgery. Chest pain after breast augmentation and swelling, reddened skin, fever chills without signs of bruising in the chest area, after the 3rd to 5th day are manifestations of infection. Unaturally hard breasts, engorged breasts that are not unusually soft, along with prolonged pain, a lot of pain when take activity at the shoulder and pectoral area, after 3 to 6 months usually demonstrates thickening of abnormal pocket – possibly capsular contracture. Mild cases can be followed up over one year and treatment does not require surgery, more severe cases may require surgery to remove the complete or partial capsule with the placed breast implants and replace a new breast implant. An magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of the breasts is recommended to make a definitive diagnosis, the degree of sclerosis and accompanying abnormalities before performing surgery.

* Breast pain accompanied by swelling or fluid retention, feeling of having the tumor inside may be symptoms of atypical large cell lymphoma (ALCL) associated with breast implantation, especially textured breast implants. This can be treating with surgery to remove breast implants and injured areas combined with intensive supportive cancer treatment. If there are symptoms of pain, swelling, spasticity, do not be subjective but immediately go to specialized medical institutions of breasts for examination, testing and monitoring.

According to the doctor, minimally invasive breast augmentation by Harmonic scalpel is different from other conventional knifes, creating optimal results such as no bleeding and limiting tissue damage, being discharged within 24 hours, no antibiotic or painkiller. Harmonic surgical scalpel which has been used in laparoscopic surgery for over a decade is a device using high-frequency mechanical energy to cut and weld tissues at the same time. With the burn-weld-cut mechanism, Harmonic scalpel brings values in plastic surgery namely stopping the bleeding instantly to keep the chest cavity from discharging, hurting, bleeding; fast healing and no capsular contracture.

Why is breast augmentation by Harmonic scalpel painless?

MMed, Dr. Ho Cao Vu, who is currently  working at Cho Ray Hospital, says that the majority of breast augmentation facilities on the market use BLUNT DISSECTION which is an invasive method. The process of using conventional knifes may engender high risk of bleeding, tissue damage, discharging abundantly in chest cavity, thus, there is a need to insert the drainage tubes after the surgery to limit the infection, capsular contracture and follow the postoperative bleeding. The method of using a Harmonic scalpel in combination with the point dissecting technique which is a less invasive method during tissue dissection, tissue release by direct observation of normal eyes or through the endoscopic screen system, can control the bleeding, limit the discharge almost completely with a high degree of accuracy during cavity formation, rapid healing after the surgery and minimize complications. For that reason, patients do not have chest pain after breast augmentaion.

MMed, Dr. Ho Cao Vu is currently  working at Cho Ray Hospital, specializing in plastic surgery and benign disease and cancer surgery. With over 10 years of expertise in aesthetic surgery using Harmonic scalpel, Dr. Ho has provided surgical help for patients with damaged breasts, uneven breasts, ruptured implants, capsular contracture levels 1 to 4, and more. In 2010, Dr. Ho Cao Vu conducted face-to-face training in collaboration with the Department of Plastic Surgery at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston, Texas, USA), where his colleague, Professor David Chang, was the instructor. Dr. Ho Cao Vu has performed over 1.000 breast plastic surgeries and tummy tuck using Harmonic scalpel.

* MMed, Dr. Ho Cao Vu’s practicing certificate: 028475/BYT-CCHN
* Phone number: 0911413443/ 0967588668
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