
Luise Fernandez was diagnosed with breast cancer a few weeks after giving birth to her second child.
The doctor removed a lump from her right breast and found that the cancer had spread.
They said her breasts had to be removed.
Your brain is in survival mode right away.
"Whatever I have to do, it's important to make sure I'm here for my children," she said . ".
Fernandez said she did not look forward to an extended reconstruction process.
Every few weeks, the patient will have their surgeon fill a balloon implanted under the skin with salt water until the balloon reaches the desired size.
"I know the muscles stretch.
"It's like a year later when you're working out, you feel pain," Fernandez said . ".
She breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that she could take part in the trial of the new equipment.
"AirXpander is a whole new way.
The lady came home with a small handheld dose controller and she could fill her stomach at home, at work or wherever she wanted to go . "
Jeffrey Ascherman, head of the New York Presbyterian/Columbia Plastic Surgery website.
The balloon made by AirXpander was implanted under the muscles after breast resection.
It contains a box of carbon dioxide that expands the balloon in small increments
No more than three times a day
Slowly stretch the skin and muscles to create space for the implant.
"This is a very important development in organizational expansion. it has been 30 to 40 years.
This is the first major change in the way organizations expand.
This is very exciting, "added Dr. Ascherman.
It shortens the time between mastectomy and final implant placement by half.
"It really speeds up the process and it's very helpful for women, so they can leave this behind," Ascherman said . ".
"This gives you autonomy.
"You know, I decided when to expand," Fernandez said . ".
The aircraft is used in Australia.
Manufacturers want the United StatesS.
Approved by the end of this year.