Introduction Breast implants remain the most commonly implantable medical devices in plastic surgery operating rooms. In 2019 nearly 300,000 women and in 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, 200,000 women underwent cosmetic breast augmentation in the US. Breast implants also represent…
Introduction BIA-ALCL is an uncommon and emerging T-cell lymphoma caused by textured surface breast implants placed either for reconstructive or cosmetic indications. Safety communications by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2011, and annually since 2016, have cautioned…
Introduction Breast implant illness (BII) is a condition that is not well understood. It is represented by a cluster of symptoms that do not fit into any other classic disease diagnosis. It is not associated with abnormal physical or laboratory…
Access video lecture content for this chapter online at Elsevier eBooks+ Introduction Reduction mammaplasty remains one of the most sought-fafter operations among women with mammary hypertrophy. Since its inception over 100 years ago, techniques for reduction mammaplasty have expanded and…
Access video content for this chapter online at Elsevier eBooks+ Introduction There have been many descriptions of various short scar approaches to breast reduction. They all have different advantages and disadvantages. This chapter will briefly review the various techniques, but…
Synopsis ■ Breast augmentation is one of the most commonly performed aesthetic procedures in the US and abroad. ■ Preoperative assessment should determine the appropriate approach including choice of implant, breast pocket (submuscular, subfascial, subglandular, subpectoral with dual plane) incision…
Synopsis ■ Patient selection and planning are key for optimal outcomes. ■ Dermal suspension, parenchymal reshaping, selective autoaugmentation technique has proven to be a safe and reliable breast reshaping technique in massive weight loss patients. ■ Breast reshaping can be…
Access video and video lecture content for this chapter online at Elsevier eBooks+ Introduction: a historical perspective Single-stage augmentation mastopexy was initially described more than 50 years ago by Regnault and Gonzalez-Ulloa. In 2003, Spear published Augmentation/mastopexy: “surgeon, beware” ,…
Access video lecture content for this chapter online at Elsevier eBooks+ History Breast enlargement by autologous fat transfer (AFT) makes sense. We have all had patients who asked us: “Doctor, why can’t you take from there and put it here?”…
Synopsis For a breast augmentation practice to advance and improve, its surgeon must constantly strive toward minimizing complications and reoperations, achieving predictable long-term results, and providing for a better experience for the patient. The surgeon must be attentive in the…