Tissue-Based Planning and Technique for Breast Augmentation with Anatomical Implants
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery: June 2019 - Volume
143 - Issue 6 - p 1634–1636
by Adams, William P. Jr; Afrooz, Paul N.; Stuzin, James M.
Summary: Breast
augmentation with anatomical implants offers several potential advantages.
Tissue-based planning is patient specific and essential in choosing the correct
dimensions of an implant, thereby providing greater control in breast shape
following augmentation. This video vignette demonstrates tissue-based planning
in a patient with a constricted breast, allowing the surgeon to accurately
choose the proper implant dimensions, which correct the constriction while
providing aesthetic control of breast shape. Operative techniques of precise
pocket formation, prospective hemostasis, and judging the aesthetic contour
following implant insertion are demonstrated.
