title: Pros and cons of subpectoral implantation.
abstract: At the present time, there is no universally accepted surgical technique or prosthesis for augmenting breast volume. Each surgeon has to choose with regard to shape, consistency, and volume, according to his own conviction and respecting his patient's priorities. These priorities will vary with age, profession, sexual habits, and marital and social status. In order to get the best possible results, the plastic surgeon should be adept at alternative methods and should not be restricted to one technique or one prosthesis. Patients vary considerably so our methods should be diversified. Our subpectoral implantations have given us better results than our retroglandular ones, which have been performed during the same period of time and with the same prosthesis. Consequently, retropectoral implantation is still our preferred procedure. We think that this technique, with its proper indications, deserves wider application.
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia; D000886:Anthropometry; D001940:Breast / Q000601:surgery*; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D009558:Nipples / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D010369:Pectoralis Muscles / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D013903:Thoracic Surgery; D013909:Thorax / Q000601:surgery