Key points • Understand what the patient wants and perform a careful pre-operative evaluation. • Breast and torso dimensions and amount and thickness of breast tissue. • Breast ptosis. •…
Key points • Inconspicuous incision location. • Adequate incision length for accurate and meticulous pocket dissection. • Large enough incision so as not to damage the breast implant. • Accurate…
Key points • Atraumatic operation. • Operation under vision. • Textured implants. • Subglandular position. • Periareolar or inframammary approach. Introduction When I started performing breast augmentation surgery in the…
Key points • Understanding of the continued need and success of saline implants in aesthetic breast surgery. • Acquiring an appreciation for when not to use saline breast implants. •…
Histiocytic Neoplasms Michael A. Cardis A. Yasmine Kirkorian Alejandro A. Gru INTRODUCTION A recent update in the classification of histiocytic disorders of adults and children has been proposed, which provides…
Cutaneous Hematolymphoid Proliferations Julia Scarisbrick Louis P. Dehner Alejandro A. Gru INTRODUCTION Primary cutaneous lymphomas are rare cutaneous neoplasms with varied clinical presentation and course. Initial examination must differentiate between…
Vascular Lesions Daniel D. Miller Alejandro A. Gru Sheilagh M. Maguiness Introduction and Classification The field of vascular anomalies has grown at a rapid pace over the past decade. The…
Soft Tissue Tumors of Skin and Subcutis Louis P. Dehner Alejandro A. Gru Aimee C. Smidt Emma F. Johnson The designation of soft tissue tumors as applied to the skin…
Medication-Induced Hypersensitivity Reactions Grace L. Lee Barbara Reichert Alejandro A. Gru Benjamin H. Kaffenberger Medication-induced hypersensitivity reactions are an important cause of morbidity, and even mortality within the pediatric population….
Epidermal and Adnexal Proliferations and Tumors Nima Mesbah Ardakani Ellen Koch Jonathan J. Lee Alejandro A. Gru Benjamin Wood Epidermal Proliferations EPIDERMAL NEVUS Definition and Epidemiology “Epidermal nevus” refers to…
