Background Implant-based immediate breast reconstruction surgery with nipple-sparing mastectomy has recently been favored by patients. However, in patients who do not wish to undergo balancing procedures, it is difficult select the appropriate implant size, making challenging achieve a symmetrical shape. Therefore, this study investigated differences asymmetry and other complications underwent ...

Breast reconstruction for breast deformity is significant not only for esthetic purposes but also from a psychological perspective. There have been a few reports on treatment of congenital simple absence of the mammary gland. For patients in puberty, even if they are in the middle of the growth phase, breast reconstruction is very important for the mental quality of life. In our two cases of co...

Introduction Breast augmentation is the most commonly performed procedure in the field of aesthetic plastic surgery [1,2]. Women considering breast enhancement are mostly interested in shape improvement: 29% wish to improve the size or volume of their breasts, 15% wish to improve the general shape, 29% wish to return to a previous shape (pre-breastfeeding), 32% would like to address sagging of ...

In breast augmentation, surgeons usually choose a pocket location for the implant behind breast parenchyma (retromammary), partially behind the pectoralis major muscle (partial retropectoral), or totally behind pectoralis major and serratus (total submuscular). Each of these implant pocket locations has specific indications, but each also has a unique set of tradeoffs. When applied to a wide ra...

BACKGROUND Implant malposition is becoming an increasingly recognized complication following subpectoral breast augmentation. Although several causes of medial malposition have been previously demonstrated, medial implant malposition secondary to unintended pectoralis muscle slips has not been previously described. OBJECTIVE The goal of this study is to describe a form of medial implant malpo...

The increasing variety of breast implants has led to their classification into "profile" types to guide implant cataloguing and selection. Implant "profile" describes the overall silhouette of the implant. It represents a permutation of all 3 dimensions of the implant: base diameter, projection, and volume. Implant "profile" is not the same as implant projection. Implant projection is a quantif...

The current approach to breast reconstruction remains largely subjective and is based on physical examination and visual-estimates of breast size. Thus, the overall success of breast reconstruction is limited by the inability of plastic surgeons to objectively assess breast volume and shape, which may result in suboptimal outcomes. A potential solution to this obstacle may be three-dimensional ...

Abstract In addition to anaplastic large T-cell lymphomas (BIA-ALCL), other implant-related tumors have been described for some years. Squamous cell carcinoma (SSC) and B-cell occurred in very rare cases. The unexplained pathogenesis as well the unclear individual risk profile is an ongoing source of uncertainty patients physicians. still largely not understood. While BIA-ALCL occurs more frequ...

HYPOTHESIS The incidence of silicone breast implant rupture varies with implantation time and type of implant. OBJECTIVE To measure the incidence of implant rupture by repeated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) among women with silicone breast implants. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS In 1999, 271 women who had received breast implants at least 3 years before, and who were randomly chosen ...