The importance of the areolar smooth muscle in augmentation mastoplasty.
Publications about breast implant surgery using the periareolar incision and those about mastoplasty do not mention the areolar smooth muscle. The purpose of this article is to present the importance that suturing the areolar smooth muscle may have in the prognosis of intra-areolar incisions in breast surgery and in the areola shape changes when it contracts after surgery.
Vázquez
Guillermo
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Moretti
Ernesto
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Pellón
Andrea
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Audouin
Fritz
F
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000379:methods*; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000601:surgery*; D011379:Prognosis; D013536:Suture Techniques