title: Subpectoral-transaxillary method of breast augmentation in orientals.
abstract: Many Oriental patients are very flat-chested and the scar at the site of prosthesis insertion tends to become conspicuous. The author has been using a method combining the transaxillary and subpectoral approaches since 1979 in 47 patients. There are still some problems in this method to be worked out, but the physical stature of the Japanese seems to be suited to this method. This seems to be the reason for the author's success in breast augmentation in Japanese patients. If the indications are evaluated properly, this combined method will be worthy and useful to Orientals in general.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001365:Axilla / Q000601:surgery; D001940:Breast / Q000601:surgery*; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D010369:Pectoralis Muscles / Q000601:surgery; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D014945:Wound Healing