title: Gluteal lift with subfascial implants.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Gluteal enhancement surgery includes buttock implants, gluteal flaps, lipografting, and gluteal lifts. However, no information is available on the outcomes achievable using the gluteal lift combined with subfascial gluteal implants.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective study was performed to analyze the outcomes of gluteal lift combined with subfascial gluteal implants performed during a 7-year period by a single surgeon at a single institution.
  
  
  RESULTS
  During the study period, 114 patients (228 implants) ages 27-68 years (mean 47 years) were found. The follow-up period was 1-7 years (mean 4.5 years). The findings showed seroma in 11.4 % of the patients, hematoma in 5.26 %, minor wound dehiscence in 19.29 %, major wound dehiscence in 1.75 %, minor infection in 1.75 %, implant exposure in 0 %, capsular contracture Becker 3 and 4 in 3.5 %, implant rupture in 0 %, implant malposition in 5.25 %, long-term numbness of the buttock in 0 %, palpability of the implant in 0 %, implant rippling in 0 %, implant rupture in 0 %, wide scars in 41.2 %, need for secondary surgery in 26.31 %, and dissatisfaction with the final volume in 10.52 %. A patient satisfaction rate of 9.6 in 10 was found.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study showed that the gluteal lift combined with gluteal implants placed in the subfascial pocket provided good long-lasting results with an acceptable rate of complications, very high patient satisfaction, and easily concealed scars.
  
  
  METHODS
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authors.affiliation: Institute for Plastic Surgery, Vialidad de la Barranca S/N, Huixquilucan, Estado de Mexico, Mexico. drabeldelapena@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Jose Abel
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: de la Peña-Salcedo
authors.forename: Miguel Angel
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Soto-Miranda
authors.forename: Marcelo Osvaldo
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Vaquera-Guevara
authors.forename: Jose Fernando
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Lopez-Salguero
authors.forename: Marco Antonio
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Lavareda-Santana
authors.forename: Jocelyn Celeste
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Ledezma-Rodriguez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002081:Buttocks / Q000601:surgery*; D003357:Cosmetic Techniques; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D015187:Lipectomy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012189:Retrospective Studies