I performed an uneventful breast augmentation on this patient on (b)(6) 2020 and used the inplant funnel to insert her implants per the manufacturer's instructions.Starting on pod#10, she had high fevers (>102) of unknown origin.Her breasts and breast incisions were unremarkable until pod#14 when her right breast incision developed a pinhole incision that started draining brownish fluid.I took her back to the operating room for washout and implant replacement.I had a similar situation happen the week prior and then on my next 3 out of 8 breast augmentations and i now strongly believe it's the result of some sort of contamination of the inplant funnel.This patient and another have grown out serratia marcescens.Fda safety report id# (b)(4).
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