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[PURPOSE] Implant reconstruction is commonly performed to reconstruct mastectomy defects or to correct breast hypoplasia. We have been using an inferolateral AlloDerm hammock as an inferior extension of the pectoralis major muscle to provid…

[BACKGROUND] With the wide acceptance of immediate reconstruction and skin-sparing mastectomy and the precipitous decline in reimbursement for all types of breast reconstruction techniques, it is appropriate to revisit a technique that can …

The aim of the study was to evaluate social reintegration and patients' perception after breast reconstruction with the free TRAM/DIEP flap. Between 2004 and 2006, 100 patients with an average age of 48 years with breast cancer, capsular co…

[BACKGROUND] Breast implants have been used worldwide for more than 40 years. Despite extensive clinical experience, there is continued concern about the safety of these devices. The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy, compli…

The purpose of this study was to describe the complications of immediate breast reconstruction, to compare their rates with respect to the surgical procedure and to patient's characteristics, in order to improve surgical indications and pat…

A study was undertaken to analyse local complications in patients with breast implants and the total number of implant-related interventions when silicone breast implants were explanted. We studied 53 patients who had received breast implan…

Concern has been raised recently regarding the absence of information on the occurrence and severity of local complications after cosmetic breast implantation. The authors evaluated the occurrence of local complications in a large epidemiol…

Experiments were conducted in rabbits comparing polyurethane foam-covered implants with otherwise identical smooth silicone gel implants. Using five objective methods of measurement of capsular contracture, no significant difference could b…

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…

A brief review of the use of silicone breast implants, their structure, methods of implantation and complications is presented. Acute complications are rare, being mainly infection and hematoma. Long-term complications, on the contrary, are…

Infection following breast implants is an uncommon event. This is somewhat surprising, since the human breast is not a sterile anatomical structure. The flora found in the breast are derived from the nipple ducts and closely resemble those …

The contracture of soft tissue capsule, appearing after implantation of all types of breast prosthesis, is the central problem of interest in the augmented breast. Clinical results were graduated in the Baker classification according to the…

A case is presented of a patient who underwent an elective axillary augmentation that was complicated by hematoma, capsular contracture, and a staphylococcal wound infection. Attempts to correct the deformity with multiple capsulotomies and…

The breast implant capsule is a dynamic structure that forms following the implantation of a device. Although normally benign, increased awareness of breast implant-associated anaplastic large-cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL) highlights that diseas…

[INTRODUCTION] Because of concerns related to the correlation of breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL) and textured implants, the use of smooth devices in breast reconstruction has been increasing. Currently, t…

A 40-year-old woman with silicone implants inserted 21 years before presented with sudden onset of painful right breast swelling. Clinical examination revealed a firm swollen breast with appearance of old bruising. Ultrasound showed fluid a…

Patients may present to the emergency department with breast complaints due to traumatic or nontraumatic changes in the breast. Benign and malignant breast pathologies may mimic each other both in clinical presentation and imaging appearanc…