Aesthetic plastic surgery
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Aesthetic plastic surgery · Sep 2004
One-stage augmentation combined with mastopexy: aesthetic results and patient satisfaction.
Since the original descriptions by Gonzales-Ulloa in 1960 and Regnault in 1966, breast augmentation in combination with mastopexy has remained a difficult, and often polarizing, topic in plastic surgery, not only because of its results but also because of its litany of potential complications. Over the past few years, there has been an increase in the discussion of one-stage augmentation combined with mastopexy throughout the literature. However, a critical analysis of the aesthetic results, as well as patient satisfaction with the procedure, continues to be absent. ⋯ Third, although the patient aesthetic results were good, they were not consistently rated as excellent, nor were the patients totally satisfied with their outcomes. This perhaps reflects the more complex nature of both the patient's problems and the surgical procedure itself. Finally, although the overall results of one-stage breast augmentation and mastopexy are good, and the patients generally are satisfied, this study raises the question whether staging the surgery by performing the mastopexy first may not yield significantly better results than the combined simultaneous procedure.
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Aesthetic plastic surgery · Sep 2004
Estimation of breast prosthesis volume by the Cavalieri principle using magnetic resonance images.
The purpose of this study was to search the accuracy and reproducibility of the Cavalieri method for the estimation of the breast prosthesis volume on magnetic resonance images (MRI). ⋯ This report describes a rapid, simple, accurate, and practical technique for estimating the volume of the breast prostheses without changing the routine process in the clinics. It was concluded that the combination of MRI with the Cavalieri principle is a direct and accurate technique that can be applied safely for estimating the volume of the breast prosthesis in 4 min and 34 s per prosthesis.