title: Augmentation mammaplasty: the story before the silicone bag prosthesis.
abstract: Czerny from Heidelberg is generally accepted to have performed the first augmentation mammaplasty in 1895. Since then, a variety of nonsilicone materials have been injected or implanted to augment or to reconstruct the hypoplastic female breast, including autologous tissues, intramammary- or submammary-injected alloplastic materials, and preformed alloplastic materials other than silicone. For various reasons outlined in this review, none was fully acceptable. The introduction of the medical-grade silicone bag prosthesis in the early 1960s improved the results of mammary augmentation dramatically and reduced the incidence of fibrous contracture and implant extrusion. Other methods of breast augmentation became obsolete.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Academisch Ziekenhuis Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Beekman
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Hage
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Jorna
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Mulder
mesh_terms: D018427:Breast Implants / Q000266:history*; D005260:Female; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000266:history*; D011474:Prosthesis Design / Q000266:history; D012826:Silicone Elastomers / Q000266:history
chemical_list: D012826:Silicone Elastomers