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The Baker classification of capsular contracture remains the most popular and practical method of assessing clinical firmness of the breast after augmentation mammaplasty. This classification system was never intended to describe prosthetic…

The recent Food and Drug Administration hearings have brought new attention to breast implants and the importance of mammography in these patients to detect unsuspected breast pathology and complications of this surgical procedure. More pat…

[OBJECTIVE] To measure the effect of various parameters on mammographic visualization of the breast after augmentation mammaplasty. [DESIGN] Preoperative and postoperative mammography was performed in patients undergoing augmentation mamma…

Since 1986 we used the permanent expandable implant (PEI) as the first choice of prosthesis in breast surgery. The possibilities offered by multiple over-expansions and deflations have been explored: 224 PEI were utilized in 162 patients fo…

We conducted a double-blind, retrospective comparison between low-bleed and non-low-bleed (conventional) mammary implants because no controlled study has shown a difference in the degree of capsular contracture between the two types of impl…

Breast conservation therapy (wide local excision, axillary lymph node dissection, and whole-breast irradiation) is an increasingly popular alternative to mastectomy for breast cancer patients. A sizable (and growing) number of breast cancer…

42 of 63 cases of bilateral augmentation mammaplasty using polyurethane-covered prostheses, so-called Ashley "Natural-Y" prostheses were seen 15 to 17 years after the primary operation. Two implants had previously been replaced by Cronin ge…

With the continuation of augmentation mammaplasty as a desirable operation for a large segment of the female population in the United States, the problem of fibrous capsular contracture that has been present since the inception of the opera…

Surgical augmentation of the female breast has become a well-accepted and frequently performed operation since the introduction of the Cronin Silastic mammary prosthesis in 1963. A sleeve of scar tissue (collagenous capsule) consistently de…

A double-lumen mammary implant with a custom-made injection valve has been used for patients requesting augmentation mammaplasty since September 1978. The valve allows the alteration of concentration of intraluminal steroids depending upon …

No evaluation of patient responses to augmentation mammaplasty has been published in the medical literature. This has left the area open for opinion and speculation by both physicians and laity.All patients undergoing pure augmentation mamm…