The breadth of literature regarding barbed suture applications in plastic surgical procedures and of importance to this article, barbed suture applications in breast surgery, is growing dramatically as surgical practitioners…
This article presents an overview of the subfascial approach to primary and secondary breast augmentation with form-stable implants associated with autologous fat grafting. Although breast augmentation is a well-studied procedure,…
This article presents an overview of the transaxillary subfascial approach to primary breast augmentation with the latest-generation anatomic form-stable silicone implants. Although the axillary approach is a well-described technique for…
Management of the tuberous breast represents one of the greatest surgical challenges in aesthetic breast surgery, requiring careful assessment and a methodical approach to obtain an acceptable result. The surgeon…
Simultaneous breast augmentation and mastopexy is a common procedure often considered to be one of the most difficult cosmetic breast surgeries. One-stage augmentation mastopexy was initially described more than 50 years…
When teaching breast augmentation, although mastery of the technical aspects of the operation with emphasis on surgical precision is extremely important, achieving a successful outcome is more often the result…
There are significant differences in weight and volumetric characteristics between silicone and saline breast implants of which most plastic surgeons are unaware. Phase I of this study was a weight…
The breast is appreciated aesthetically and clinically for its shape, projection, and volume. Surgical techniques have evolved to manipulate the breast skin envelope, soft tissues, and chest wall anatomy, with…
There are few objective analyses in the plastic surgical literature to define an aesthetically pleasing template for breast shape and proportion. The authors previously identified key objective parameters that define…
This article discusses perception of three-dimensional objects and binocular vision. High-resolution three-dimensional images of the breast can be captured using a camera system consisting of 3 separate stereoscopic pairs of…
