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Algorithm and Techniques for Using Sientra’s Silicone Gel Shaped Implants in Primary and Revision Breast Augmentation
- Source :
- Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 134:18S-27S
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2014.
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Abstract
- With the 2006 Food and Drug Administration approval of round silicone gel breast implants in the United States, there still remained a lack of versatility in implant options. The approval of Sientra's shaped cohesive implants in 2012 brought with it the innovations needed to address varying patient needs. Because access to shaped devices is still fairly recent in the United States, some surgeons remain uncomfortable with implementing shaped cohesive gel implants into their practice. The author outlines surgical techniques and algorithms from experience with the Sientra shaped device, covering the preoperative stage, measurements (base diameter, sternal notch to nipple, tissue pinch, and nipple to inframammary fold), ideal first candidates, operative techniques, and complication avoidance, as well as important factors for shaped-implant selection, including chest base diameter, implant height, implant volume, and implant projection for the patient's desired outcome. With experience, surgeons will find new utility with shaped implants for a variety of patients in their practices.
- Subjects :
- Reoperation
medicine.medical_specialty
Breast Implants
Dentistry
Prosthesis Design
Silicone Gels
Food and drug administration
chemistry.chemical_compound
Silicone
Prosthesis Fitting
medicine
Humans
Breast
Thoracic Wall
Breast Implantation
Breast augmentation
Tattooing
business.industry
Patient Selection
Surgery
chemistry
Nipples
Female
Implant
business
Algorithms
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00321052
- Volume :
- 134
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a9a03205fc266cc7db26576a23680f54