유방 Breast

[BACKGROUND] Traditionally, breast implant extraction and capsulectomy have been performed using a transareolar approach. However, this approach is not acceptable to Chinese patients because of the additional scar formation. The authors pre…

[BACKGROUND] Tuberous breast deformity is a rare entity affecting young women bilaterally or unilaterally. It requires surgical correction, depending on the severity of the clinical expression, because of its aesthetic appearance. Since the…

The authors describe their personal experience with the management of mammary asymmetries. A review of their database from January 1998 to January 2005 identified 177 patients with idiopathic breast asymmetries. All these cases had been cla…

The inferior pedicle technique of breast reduction is a widely-used safe technique. It has been criticised as prone to producing inferior quadrant fullness, called variously "pseudoptosis" or "bottoming out." Described are the results of a …

In the early 1990s, it was reported that silicone breast implants were possibly responsible for serious damage to women's health. In January 1992, the Food and Drug Administration issued a voluntary breast implant moratorium and, in April, …

[BACKGROUND] Although it is becoming more common for abdominoplasty to be performed in combination with other procedures, it has been suggested that such combined procedures may raise the risk of postoperative complications. [OBJECTIVE] Th…

[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…

Macromastia is a disorder commonly reported by women. The prevalence of electrophysiologically confirmed, symptomatic carpal tunnel syndrome is 3% among women. A consecutive series of 31 patients with macromastia requesting breast reduction…

[BACKGROUND] The authors present a new type of dual-plane mammaplasty and preliminary results obtained with it. The technique is aimed at improving the final natural appearance of breasts without adding additional risks of dislocation. [ME…

Capsular contracture after breast augmentation is a distressing, troublesome event both for the patient and the surgeon. Fibrosis transforms the prosthesis into a hardened sphere, turning the initially satisfactory cosmetic result into a de…

Breast reshaping surgery for tuberous breast, breast reduction, and mastopexy procedures aim to keep the gained shape for a long time. In breast reduction, the surgeon must avoid loss of fullness in the upper pole, descent of the breast mas…

[BACKGROUND] Although transaxillary breast augmentation (TBA) is a well-studied procedure, few previous reports exist concerning the subfascial technique, especially without endoscopic assistance. This study aimed to analyze the feasibility…

Late intracapsular seroma and hematoma have been described frequently as a complication of breast augmentation surgery. However, there are few reports of late intracapsular seroma in buttock augmentation. Textured and polyurethane implants …

[BACKGROUND] Suction-assisted lipoplasty (SAL) may be used in breast reduction either alone or as an adjunct to standard reduction mammaplasty procedures. Although adequate results have been attained through breast reduction with ancillary …

[BACKGROUND] Highly cohesive round or shaped implants are used today by most plastic surgeons performing breast augmentation outside North America. [OBJECTIVES] This study was conducted to (1) compare aesthetic outcomes of round versus sha…

The authors describe breast augmentation in a patient with von Willebrand disease (vWD), providing a template for treating such patients. Because there is no single ideal laboratory test predictive of surgical bleeding, preoperative history…

A 41-year-old woman presented with a 2-month history of pruritus and a generalized dermatitis that developed initially on the head and spread to the trunk, legs, and buttocks. The pruritus caused extreme discomfort and was not relieved by a…

Liposuction, the most common aesthetic procedure performed in the United States, is not without risk, but the overall complication rate in the literature varies from less than 1% to 9.3%. A 55-year-old woman who had undergone abdominal lipo…