Acellular Dermal Matrix in Cosmetic Breast Procedures and Capsular Contracture

Acellular dermal matrix in primary breast reconstruction.

The use of acellular dermal matrix (ADM) in many plastic surgery procedures, including breast reconstruction, has increased dramatically in recent years. While expander/implant reconstruction can be performed successfully with standard techniques, the introduction of ADM has added a new tool with which to achieve lasting, predictable results. This article is a summary of existing literature on ...

Prosthetic Breast Reconstruction with Acellular Dermal Matrix

Acellular dermal matrix in aesthetic revisionary breast surgery.

Breast augmentation is one of the most commonly-performed cosmetic procedures worldwide. Unfortunately, many women require revisionary surgery related to unsatisfactory results or complications such as capsular contracture, implant malposition, and ptosis. While, historically, surgeons have relied on often-imperfect native tissue to correct these deformities, acellular dermal matrix (ADM) offer...

Daily Serum Collection after Acellular Dermal Matrix-Assisted Breast Reconstruction

BACKGROUND The acellular dermal matrix (ADM)-assisted breast reconstruction technique is widely known, but discouraging results due to early postoperative complications have been reported. As the literature identifies seroma as the most common issue after breast surgery without identifying its pathogenesis, we aimed to report the trend of postoperative daily serum collection after ADM-assisted ...

[Etiopathogenesis and treatment of breast capsular contracture].

INTRODUCTION Capsular contracture is a chronic and the most frequent complication of augmentation mammoplasty with breast implants and the main cause of patient's and surgeon's dissatisfaction. The mammary capsule consists of a fibrous tissue that surrounds the implant that may contract, changing the shape and consistency of the breast. In its advanced stage is accompanied by pronounced deformi...