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Amy Dawson1, Emily Mackay2, Gordon Buduhan3
1Department of General Surgery, Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Abstract:
Intrathoracic migration of breast prostheses has been described after both open and minimally invasive cardiothoracic and breast surgery, with several proposed mechanisms of migration. In this report, we describe an unusual presentation of intrathoracic migration of a breast prosthesis following remote minimally invasive cardiac surgery for atrial myxoma resection. Due to the rare but documented risk of intrathoracic breast prosthesis migration following minimally invasive cardiothoracic surgery, consideration should be given to strategies for mitigating this risk at the time of surgery.