Avoidable fitfalls in augmentation mammaplasty.
With the popularity of the augmentation mamaplasty has come a variety of approaches, prostheses, and results. In reviewing my own cases and experience, I have attempted to: (1) establish the criteria of the ideal breast contour and (2) point out a few of the pitfalls to be avoided when attempting to create surgically the ideal breast contour.
D001940:Breast / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods