Hirsch EM

There are limited studies in the plastic surgery literature that detail technical considerations in simultaneous breast implant removal and mastopexy procedures. These procedures are difficult, with significant potential for complications a…

[BACKGROUND] As elective nonreconstructive breast surgery increases in popularity, there is greater demand for accurate multi-institutional data on minor and major postoperative complications. [OBJECTIVE] The authors utilized a multi-insti…

[BACKGROUND] Mastectomy with immediate reconstruction requires the coordination and expertise of two distinct surgeons. This often results in several different combinations of mastectomy and reconstructive surgeons, but with an unknown impa…

[BACKGROUND] Form-stable silicone gel breast implants represent the fifth generation of silicone gel augmentation devices. Additional crosslinking between the silicone molecules allows these implants to retain their shape, especially in the…

[BACKGROUND] In the last 15 years, reduction mammaplasty has been increasingly performed on an outpatient basis. Despite this evolution, few outcome studies have been published regarding outpatient breast reduction surgery. [OBJECTIVE] The…

[BACKGROUND] Abdominoplasty has traditionally been described in the literature as an operation that is performed in a hospital setting, although more recently it is likely that most procedures are performed on an outpatient basis. To date, …

[BACKGROUND] Although there is an abundance of data in the literature regarding the safety of breast reduction and augmentation, nearly all of the literature concerning mastopexy describes techniques. There are few studies regarding revisio…

[BACKGROUND] Simultaneous breast augmentation and mastopexy has historically been a controversial topic, and it has been considered by some to be a difficult and unpredictable procedure. Secondary breast augmentation and mastopexy after pre…

[BACKGROUND] One-stage mastopexy with breast augmentation is an increasingly popular procedure among patients. In the past 9 years, there has been a 506 percent increase in mastopexy procedures alone. Although some recommend a staged mastop…

[BACKGROUND] This study was designed to evaluate and compare the complication rates of patients having abdominoplasty without breast surgery with the rates of those having abdominoplasty with various types of elective breast surgery, includ…

[BACKGROUND] Although several studies have been published documenting the safety of laser-assisted breast reduction, they have involved only small numbers of patients. [OBJECTIVE] The authors conducted a retrospective chart review of a ser…

[BACKGROUND] The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not prefilled breast implants retain their volume in packaging. [METHODS] This study examined 32 Poly Implant Prosthesis prefilled textured saline breast implants. All of t…

[BACKGROUND] Although some authors have reported that 1-stage breast augmentation with mastopexy does not increase the risks of surgery, recent literature has raised the question of whether better results might be achieved by staging the pr…

[BACKGROUND] The popularity of plastic surgery "makeover" television programs has increased interest among the public and the medical community in both the positive and negative aspects of combined surgery procedures. In particular, the saf…

[BACKGROUND] Although inflatable saline implants have been in use since 1965, few studies have examined their deflation rates over time. [OBJECTIVE] We conducted a retrospective study to analyze the deflation rate for Mentor inflatable Sil…