Courtiss EH

Inflatable breast implants, which have been available for 27 years, have been accepted with varying enthusiasm. Advocates suggest that they result in breasts that look and feel natural because they have a low incidence of capsular contractu…

Surgeons who perform office surgery without the presence of personnel trained in anesthesia are responsible for both the surgery and the general condition of the patient. Thus the prevention and management of medical problems that may occur…

Gynecomastia has been treated surgically in 159 patients during the past 22 1/2 years. Prior to 1980, all patients had traditional excision, which was followed by a high incidence of complications and undesired sequelae, not the least of wh…

Suction lipectomy of the neck has been advocated in other reports. However, because of skin laxity, a simultaneous face/neck lift has been performed usually. In this series of 49 patients, ages 18 to 73, removal of submandibular fat was per…

Suction lipectomy has been used to treat localized collections of fat in 100 patients. Best results were obtained in patients with good skin tone and near normal weight. Good candidates achieved good results; however, lesser candidates also…

All surgical procedures are associated with risks. They may be divided into undesired sequelae, which are normal and expected, and complications, which are not normal or expected. The undesired sequelae of suction lipectomy are contour irre…

Because the preauricular segment of a face lift incision is less noticeable when located behind the tragus, it is our preferred method in females. The desirability of preserving the normal hairless strip between the ear and sideburn preclud…

A case report of a systemic, near-fatal illness possibly related to augmentation mammaplasty with silicone gel prostheses is presented. Twenty-four hours after the augmentation procedure, the patient, a 32-year-old woman, developed a high f…

We describe our experiences with a new silicone bag-gel chin implant, developed in two phases over a 4-year period. Fifty patients received the Phase I implant, and such complications as internal and external soft tissue erosion, indentatio…

Patients with massive macromastia, or severe ptosis, should be candidates for a reduction mammaplasty by the inferior pedicle transposition technique, instead of by free nipple and areola grafting. With the inferior pedicle technique the bl…

Patients undergoing various plastic surgical procedures on their breasts were studied before and after operations with respect to sensation from crude touch, light pressure, and pain. The more extensive the operation on the breast (the more…