title: [Augmentation mammaplasty using miniprosthesis].
abstract: Augmentation mammaplasty is a broadly-known surgery of major psychosocial significance. Along the time, the conventional silicone prosthesis has shown some technical and aesthetic problems. Our proposal involves the replacement of single prosthesis with small, 10 ml. silicone prostheses in augmentation mammaplasties. Known as miniprostheses, such small prostheses are inserted one after the other till the ideal volume for each breast is attained. The group of miniprostheses behaves as a single system, allowing for the increase in volume and for ideal shapes. It also allows for a smaller access incision, with less possibilities for the formation of a retractile capsule, and more safety in terms of a possible perforation.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Oswaldo Cruz, São Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Villano
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000379:methods*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012828:Silicones
chemical_list: D012828:Silicones
vernacular_title: Mamaplastia de aumento com o emprego de minipróteses.