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61건 · 최신순- Commentary on The Keller Funnel, Handedness, and Reducing Complications after Breast Augmentation.
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The Role of Montelukast in the Prevention and Treatment of Capsular Contracture (Baker Grade III-IV) - A Systematic Review and Case Analysis.
[INTRODUCTION] Capsular contracture remains a significant challenge in breast implant surgery. Recent research has focused on the role of inflammatory mediators, particularly leukotrienes. The aim of this article was to conduct a systematic…
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Rethinking Implant Plane Selection: Do We Still Need to Go Under the Muscle?
[BACKGROUND] Dual-plane breast augmentation has traditionally been the standard approach in aesthetic breast surgery, while prepectoral placement was reserved for selected anatomical indications. Advances in implant technology and growing c…
- Complications or Mistake? Reflections on the Role of Implant Selection in Unfavorable Breast Augmentation Outcomes.
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The Ideal Breast: Insights From a Patient's Survey and a Global Aesthetic Surgery Consensus at the A.M.B.E.R.
The concept of the "ideal breast" in aesthetic surgery has historically varied across regions, with European surgeons favouring more natural outcomes and South American surgeons preferring fuller aesthetics. This study aimed to evaluate whe…
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Constricted Lower Pole Breast Correction with High-Cohesivity Silicone Gel Anatomical Implant: Results from a 13-Year Single-Surgeon Experience.
[BACKGROUND] Lower pole constricted breasts, part of the spectrum of tuberous breast deformities, significantly impact patients' self-esteem and body image. To address the complexity and variety of clinical presentation of this type of defo…
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Does the Surgeon's Handedness Affect the Complications Rate in the Inframammary Approach Breast Augmentation?
[BACKGROUND] Humans show a preference for left or right handedness in most cases. For this reason, surgeons might find it more difficult to operate on the "nondominant breast", i.e. the breast opposite to the surgeon´s dominant hand (left b…
- The Dark Side of 3D Simulation in Breast Augmentation: How to Use Its Advantages and Avoid Its Drawbacks.
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Rotation of Anatomical Implants: A Single Surgeon's Experience of over 1500 Patients.
Breast augmentation may be performed using round or anatomical shaped implants, and since their introduction in 1993, the indications and outcomes of anatomical implants have been under scrutiny. In fact, due to their asymmetric shape, thes…
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A New Algorithm for Implant Choice in Aesthetic Breast Procedures Based on the Polytech Portfolio.
[BACKGROUND] Aesthetic breast surgery remains among the most requested procedures in plastic surgery. Since their introduction, breast implants have significantly evolved in terms of composition, surface, and shape. Due to the wide variabil…
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Ensuring Equal Implantation Conditions on Both Sides During Breast Augmentation: Effective Decontamination of Implantation Funnels.
[BACKGROUND] The role of mitigation strategies to decrease contamination during breast implant surgery has advanced over the years, and the utility of implantation funnels has been recently validated by several studies. However, the additio…
- Commentary on Letter to the Editor: Montemurro, P., Gupta, T. Does the Surgeon's Handedness Affect the Complications Rate in the Inframammary Approach Breast Augmentation? Aesth Plast Surg 49, 1271-1275 (March 2025).
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Aesthetic Surgery Fellowship at Akademikliniken Stockholm: Survey among Graduates.
[BACKGROUND] Aesthetic Surgery is one of the most competitive fields of plastic surgery. Although there is a certain demand for highly educated surgeons in this field, training in cosmetic procedures remains challenging. Akademikliniken Sto…
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Devil's Advocate: Evidence-Based Recommendation for "One Breast-One Insertion Funnel" Policy.
[BACKGROUND] Rates of capsular contracture have reduced significantly since the use of insertion funnels to place breast implants became routine. However, due to financial constraints, the same funnel is usually used for implantation of bot…
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Twelve Years and over 2400 Implants Later: Augmentation Mammoplasty Risk Factors Based on a Single Plastic Surgeon's Experience.
[BACKGROUND] Breast augmentation is one of the most commonly performed aesthetic surgery procedures. Yet, few reports in the literature analyze individual surgeon experiences with a unified surgical method on a large group of patients. This…
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Comparison of POLYTECH MESMO and Motiva Ergonomix Breast Implants With Focus on Displacement Issues: A Single Surgeon's Experience with 329 Patients.
[BACKGROUND] Nanotextured breast implants (classified as smooth implants by the latest ISO 14607:2018) have been described as possibly reducing major textured implant-related complications such as capsular contracture and breast implant-ass…
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Four-Layer Wound Closure Technique with Barbed Sutures for Inframammary Fold in Mastopexy Augmentation.
[BACKGROUND] The inframammary fold (IMF) is an important landmark in breast aesthetic surgery. In augmentation mastopexy procedures, secure and accurate placement of the IMF is essential to aesthetic outcomes and to allow the new IMF to hea…
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Tailor-Made Mastopexy Plus Implant, A Safe Journey Toward Breast Reshaping and Augmentation.
[BACKGROUND] Augmentation/mastopexy represents one of the most complex procedures in the setting of cosmetic surgery, and there is still an ongoing debate about the most suitable approach to undertake to avoid major complications and delive…
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Implementation of a Machine Learning Approach Evaluating Risk Factors for Complications after Single-Stage Augmentation Mastopexy.
[BACKGROUND] Single-stage mastopexy augmentation is a much-debated intervention due to its complexity and the associated relatively high complication rates. This study aimed to reevaluate the risk factors for these complications using a nov…
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Patient and Clinician Reported Outcomes of the Inframammary Incision "Short Scar Technique" in Primary Breast Augmentation.
[BACKGROUND] Breast augmentation is a common aesthetic surgery procedure and surgeons are constantly trying to develop techniques that help improve patients' outcome. One of the most important aspects is achieving a favorable scar. The "tra…
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Anatomical Variations of the Pectoralis Muscle and Its Importance for Breast Implant Surgery.
[UNLABELLED] In breast augmentation, during submuscular or dual plane dissection, anatomical variations of the inferior and costal origin of the pectoralis major muscle (PMM) play a key role to ensure optimal implant coverage. Especially, a…
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Modified Delphi Technique to Identify Management of Aesthetic Breast Augmentation: Will We Reach a Consensus?
[BACKGROUND] Breast augmentation is a common operation. Evidence has grown with experience and long-term studies, but variation in practice exists. The authors detail the existing practices of a group of surgeons for primary and secondary a…
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It Is Time to Resolve the Dilemma and Move Away From Using Drains in Primary Breast Augmentation.
[BACKGROUND] Breast augmentation is one of the most commonly performed aesthetic surgical procedures, yet there has been no consensus on the use of drains. While some surgeons believe in using them due to fear of complications or because th…
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Breast Augmentation in the Digital Era: The Power of Social Media in a Surgeon's New Practice.
[BACKGROUND] Opening a new practice is always challenging, and one of the main problems is how to engage patients. Most of them use social media to gather information about surgery and surgeons. [OBJECTIVES] The aim was to evaluate social …
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Silicone Migration From Breast Implants: A Case of Ocular Siliconoma and Literature Review.
[BACKGROUND] Breast augmentation with implants is one of the most popular cosmetic surgery operations performed worldwide. Complications of breast implants are well recognized, and include capsular contracture, implant rupture, and infreque…
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Evaluation of Different Breast Implant Shapes in the Same Patient: Is There Really a Difference between Round and Anatomical Implants?
[BACKGROUND] The choice of the right implant shape is one of the most frequent debates in cosmetic breast augmentation. In current literature, the question of whether there is a difference in the appearance of different implant shapes is st…
- A National Survey to Assess the Population's Perception of Breast Implant-Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma and Breast Implant Illness.
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Safety and Performance of POLYTECH Mesmo Breast Implants: A 5-Year Post-market Surveillance Study on 919 Patients.
[BACKGROUND] In 2007, POLYTECH Health & Aesthetics (POLYTECH, Dieburg, Germany) established an ongoing patient survey to improve the post-market surveillance of silicone gel-filled breast implants based on patient-reported outcomes in the c…
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The impact of parity in primary breast augmentation: A clinical and cost-effective case control study.
[INTRODUCTION] Breast augmentation is one of the most commonly performed aesthetic procedures in women. Despite the structural changes which occur during pregnancy and lactation have been extensively studied, there is no clarity in terms of…
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A Machine Learning Approach to Identify Previously Unconsidered Causes for Complications in Aesthetic Breast Augmentation.
[INTRODUCTION] Primary breast augmentation is one of the most commonly requested aesthetic procedures. Considering the large number of procedures performed in connection with a high demand, it is crucial to prevent complications. For this r…