Aesthetic surgery journal
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Aesthetic surgery journal · Jan 2012
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter StudyThe efficacy and safety of DepoFoam bupivacaine in patients undergoing bilateral, cosmetic, submuscular augmentation mammaplasty: a randomized, double-blind, active-control study.
Breast augmentation can result in significant postsurgical pain. ⋯ DepoFoam bupivacaine trended toward benefit versus bupivacaine HCl on most efficacy measures. Due to early termination, the study was underpowered to achieve statistical significance.
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Aesthetic surgery journal · Jan 2012
Case ReportsBroken heart syndrome: a risk of teenage rhinoplasty.
"Broken heart" syndrome is a rare phenomenon characterized by transient ballooning of the left ventricle and chronic heart failure, usually presenting in postmenopausal women. It is formally known as acute stress-induced cardiomyopathy and, although described in the cardiology literature, it has not been previously described in plastic surgery patients. It is thought to occur secondary to increased catecholamine levels. This case report outlines two instances of the syndrome occurring in teenage girls undergoing cosmetic rhinoplasty.